- extracorporeal
- ex·tra·corporeal
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extracorporeal
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extracorporeal — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
Extracorporeal — An extracorporeal medical procedure is a medical procedure which is carried outside the body. Circulatory proceduresIt is usually a procedure in which blood is taken from a patient s circulation to have a process applied to it before it is… … Wikipedia
extracorporeal — Outside of, or unrelated to, the body or any anatomic “corpus.” * * * ex·tra·cor·po·re·al kȯr pōr ē əl, pȯr adj occurring or based outside the living body <heart surgery employing extracorporeal circulation> ex·tra·cor·po·re·al·ly ē ə lē… … Medical dictionary
extracorporeal — adjective Date: 1865 occurring or based outside the living body < the heart lung machine maintains extracorporeal circulation during heart surgery > • extracorporeally adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
extracorporeal — adj. situated or occurring outside the body. Extracorporeal circulation is the circulation of the blood outside the body, as through a heart lung machine or an artificial kidney (see haemodialysis) … The new mediacal dictionary
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy — Intervention ICD 10 PCS 6A93 Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy or ESWT is a method of treatment for multiple tendonopathies. Presently this technology is only approved in the US by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of plantar… … Wikipedia
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — In intensive care medicine, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an extracorporeal technique of providing both cardiac and respiratory support oxygen to patients whose heart and lungs are so severely diseased or damaged that they can no… … Wikipedia
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy — A technique for shattering a kidney stone or gallstone with a shock wave produced outside the body. To focus on kidney stones here, there are several methods available for producing an acoustical or ultrasonic big bang which can be focused from… … Medical dictionary
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — (ECMO) extracorporeal life support … Medical dictionary
extracorporeal life support — (ECLS) the provision of respiratory support by circulating the blood through an artificial lung consisting of two compartments separated by a gas permeable membrane, with the blood on one side and the ventilating gas on the other; used in… … Medical dictionary
extracorporeal use — naudoti ne kūne statusas Aprobuotas sritis vaistų vartojimo būdai apibrėžtis Nurodymas vaistinį preparatą naudoti ne kūne. atitikmenys: angl. extracorporeal use vok. extrakorporale Anwendung pranc. voie extracorporelle šaltinis European… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
