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Pulmotor

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc.

Etymology

From Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + English motor. Originally a brand name.

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