| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation | In intensive care medicine, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a technique of providing oxygen to patients whose lungs are so severely diseased that they can no longer serve their function. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation | Health | Application of a life support system that circulates the blood through an oxygenating system, which may consist of a pump, a membrane oxygenator, and a heat exchanger. Examples of its use are to assist victims of smoke inhalation injury, respiratory failure, and cardiac failure. (references) | |
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