Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,764,406,379 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

machine
(redirected from heart-lung machine)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.06 sec.
See: appliance, expedient, instrument, make, syndicate, tool

MACHINE. A contrivance which serves to apply or regulate moving power; or it is a tool more or less complicated, which is used to render useful natural instruments, Clef. des Lois Rom. h.t.
     2. The act of congress gives to inventors the right to obtain a patent right for any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, &c. Act of congress, July 4, 1836, s. 6. See Pet. C. C. 394; 3 Wash. C. C. 443; 1 Wash. C. C. 108; 1 Wash. C. C. 168; 1 Mason, 447; Paine, 300; 4 Wash. C. C. 538; 1 How. U. S., 202; S. C. 17 Pet. 228; 2 McLean, 176.



How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
We were then at a point where we needed another 20 or 30 minutes to get off the heart-lung machine and have the work on the heart completed.
Putting the patient first by Lee, Robert W. / The New American
Unlike a normal heart operation, robotic surgery doesn't stop the heart and divert blood to a heart-lung machine.
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING by Science World
SAN BERNARDINO - A coroner said Sunday that a teen-age snowboarder who spent six days in the snowy wilderness only to die while on a heart-lung machine likely would have died anyway due to numerous medical complications.
BRIEFLY : SNOWBOARDER'S DEATH TIED TO MANY CAUSES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
More results
 
Legal browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Legal Dictionary
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.