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paracorporeal

paracorporeal adjective: describing any device, implanted in the heart, that transfers oxygenated blood from the left atrium.

Adjective

paracorporeal (not comparable)

  1. Describing any device, implanted in the heart, that transfers oxygenated blood from the left atrium

Origin of paracorporeal

From para- + corporeal.

Questions about paracorporeal

What does paracorporeal mean?
Paracorporeal means describing any device, implanted in the heart, that transfers oxygenated blood from the left atrium.
What part of speech is paracorporeal?
Paracorporeal is an adjective.

Words near paracorporeal in the dictionary

  1. paracorolla
  2. paracorollae
  3. paracorollas
  4. paracoronal
  5. paracoronoid
  6. paracorporeal
  7. paracortex
  8. paracortexes
  9. paracortical
  10. paracortices
  11. paracosm

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