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perfusionist

/pə(ɹ)ˈfjuːʒənɪst/

perfusionist noun: a trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.

Noun

perfusionist (plural perfusionists)

  1. A trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.
    • The doctors were joined several hours later by two perfusionists, Richard Chenault II and Richard Lapensee, and all four sped to Willow Run Airport, a cargo terminal in Ypsilanti, Mich., about 15 miles east of the hospital.2007 June 6, Nick Bunkley, “Transplant Team Dies in Jet Crash; Mechanical Problems Suspected”, in New York Times

Forms of perfusionist

pluralperfusionists

Origin of perfusionist

From perfusion + -ist.

Questions about perfusionist

What does perfusionist mean?
Perfusionist means a trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.
What part of speech is perfusionist?
Perfusionist is a noun.
How do you pronounce perfusionist?
Perfusionist is pronounced /pə(ɹ)ˈfjuːʒənɪst/.
What is the plural of perfusionist?
The plural of perfusionist is perfusionists.

Words near perfusionist in the dictionary

  1. perfuses
  2. perfusing
  3. perfusion
  4. perfusional
  5. perfusioned
  6. perfusionist
  7. perfusionists
  8. perfusions
  9. perfusive
  10. perfusivity
  11. perfusor

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