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Definition of Oxygenators
1. oxygenator [n] - See also: oxygenator
Medical Definition of Oxygenators
1. Devices which mechanically oxygenate venous blood extracorporeally. They are used in combination with one or more pumps for maintaining circulation during open heart surgery and for assisting the circulation in patients seriously ill with some cardiac and pulmonary disorders. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxygenators
Literary usage of Oxygenators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"An aquarium, to be in a healthy condition, should contain living plants—oxygenators—-which
are as necessary as food, as fish must have good air. ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1890)
"Value of plants as oxygenators at different seasons, as well as further knowledge
of aquatic plant ecology, is necessary. Study should be made of lakes ..."
3. Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska by Nebraska Supreme Court, James Mills Woolworth (1916)
"The defendant answered, admitting that he ordered the oxygenators from the plaintiff,
... In the first he alleged that he purchased 292 oxygenators from the ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"An aquarium, to be in a healthy condition, should contain living plants—oxygenators—which
are as necessary as food, as fish cannot live on food only. ..."
5. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"USES OF THE AQUATIC FLORA As oxygenators:—The plants of a lake perform an important
function in furnishing a supply of oxygen to the water. ..."
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