Pulmotor

[ puhl-moh-ter, poo l- ]
/ ˈpʌlˌmoʊ tər, ˈpʊl- /

Trademark.

a mechanical device for artificial respiration that forces oxygen into the lungs when respiration has ceased because of asphyxiation, drowning, etc.

Example sentences from the Web for pulmotor

  • The pulmotor makes the patient breathe—because it carries on the function for him artificially.

    The Boy's Book of New Inventions |Harry E. Maule

  • A pulmotor was put into immediate action, and another period of heartbreaking suspense ensued.

    The Slipper Point Mystery |Augusta Huiell Seaman

  • I dragged over the heavy tank which he had ordered as he adjusted a sort of pulmotor breathing apparatus over Leon.

    The Social Gangster |Arthur B. Reeve

British Dictionary definitions for pulmotor

Pulmotor
/ (ˈpʌlˌməʊtə, ˈpʊl-) /

noun

trademark an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration

Medical definitions for pulmotor

pulmotor
[ pul′mō′tər, pŭl′- ]

n.

A device used to inflate and deflate the lungs during resuscitation.