extracorporeal

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So they switched her instead to an artificial-lung system known as ECMO - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

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  1. adjective Situated or occurring outside the body.

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  • The ECMO process - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - is for patients whose heart or
  • She was in an induced coma and on the ECMO machine, which stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, for 11 critical days.
  • So they switched her instead to an artificial-lung system known as ECMO - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. —  NPR Topics: News
  • Ultrafiltration is an extracorporeal treatment in which water, salt, and other blood constituents are removed by a filter.
 

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/ɛkstrəkɔrˈpoʊrəəl/
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