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biolung

biolung noun: an artificial lung that uses tiny hollow fibers to mimic the structure of a human lung.

Noun

biolung (plural biolungs)

  1. An artificial lung that uses tiny hollow fibers to mimic the structure of a human lung.
    • After four to eight days of incubation, this biolung was grafted on to a rat.2015 August 2, J.-F. Stoltz et al., “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality of the 21th^([sic]) Century”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI

Forms of biolung

pluralbiolungs

Origin of biolung

From bio- + lung.

Questions about biolung

What does biolung mean?
Biolung means an artificial lung that uses tiny hollow fibers to mimic the structure of a human lung.
What part of speech is biolung?
Biolung is a noun.
What is the plural of biolung?
The plural of biolung is biolungs.

Words near biolung in the dictionary

  1. bioluminometer
  2. bioluminometers
  3. bioluminometic
  4. bioluminometric
  5. bioluminometry
  6. biolung
  7. biolungs
  8. biolysis
  9. biolytic
  10. biolytical
  11. biomachine

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