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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An artificial lung that uses tiny hollow fibers to mimic the structure of a human lung.

   "After four to eight days of incubation, this biolung was grafted on to a rat."

Example

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"After four to eight days of incubation, this biolung was grafted on to a rat."

Etymology

From bio- + lung.

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