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Definition of Artificial heart
1. Noun. A pump that replaces the natural heart.
Medical Definition of Artificial heart
1. A mechanical pump used to replace the function of a damaged heart, either temporarily or as a permanent prosthesis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Artificial Heart
Literary usage of Artificial heart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1891)
"Take man at the very moment of death—have everything ready, do what you will—my
artificial heart is a very perfect instrument, mechanically speaking—-and ..."
2. Handbook for the Physiological Laboratory by John Burdon-Sanderson, Edward Klein, Michael Foster, Thomas Lauder Brunton (1873)
"In the schema, the injection of liquid by the artificial heart into the proximal
end of the elastic tube produces two effects, which can not only be ..."
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