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pulmotor
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pulmotor, n. [L. pulmo lung + E. motor.].
An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen or air or a mixture of the two into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, or the like, or of one who has been stunned by an electrical shock. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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