- Jarvik artificial heart
- nouna kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success• Syn: ↑Jarvik heart• Hypernyms: ↑artificial heart
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Jarvik artificial heart
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artificial heart — noun a pump that replaces the natural heart • Hypernyms: ↑implant • Hyponyms: ↑Jarvik heart, ↑Jarvik artificial heart * * * noun : mechanical heart * * * any of various four chambered devices, modeled on the human heart, that pump blood by atta … Useful english dictionary
Artificial heart — This article is about the mechanical device. For the album, see Artificial Heart (album). The SynCardia temporary CardioWest Total Artificial Heart … Wikipedia
artificial heart — any of various four chambered devices, modeled on the human heart, that pump blood by attachment to a power source and that are constructed for temporary external use or for implantation as a temporary or permanent heart replacement. * * *… … Universalium
Jarvik-7 artificial heart — Jar·vik 7 artificial heart (jahrґvik) [Robert Koffler Jarvik, American cardiologist, 20th century] see under heart … Medical dictionary
Jarvik-7 artificial heart — original name for an air driven artificial heart consisting of two smooth surfaced, sac like polyurethane pumps that replaced the ventricles, and two pneumatic power units that regulated blood flow by pulsing air through tubing drive lines; it is … Medical dictionary
Jarvik heart — noun a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success • Syn: ↑Jarvik artificial heart • Hypernyms: ↑artificial heart … Useful english dictionary
Jarvik — is a surname and may refer to:* Erik Jarvik (1907 ndash; 1998), Swedish paleozoologist * Robert Jarvik (b. 1946), American scientist and inventor ** Jarvik 7 artificial heart … Wikipedia
Jarvik-7 — Artificial heart invented by Robert Jarvik (1946–) … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Jarvik-7 — Jar·vik 7 jär vik sev ən n an air driven artificial heart that remains tethered to an external console after implantation and that was formerly implanted in human patients in a clinical study called also Jarvik heart Jarvik Robert Koffler (b… … Medical dictionary
heart — A hollow muscular organ that receives the blood from the veins and propels it into the arteries. In mammals it is divided by a musculomembranous septum into two halves right or venous and left or arterial each of which consists of a receiving… … Medical dictionary
