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thermodilution

thermodilution noun: determination of cardiac output by measurement of the change in temperature in the bloodstream after injection of a known amount of cooled saline fluid.

Noun

thermodilution (countable and uncountable, plural thermodilutions)

  1. Determination of cardiac output by measurement of the change in temperature in the bloodstream after injection of a known amount of cooled saline fluid

Forms of thermodilution

pluralthermodilutions

Origin of thermodilution

From thermo- + dilution.

Words formed from thermodilution

Questions about thermodilution

What does thermodilution mean?
Thermodilution means determination of cardiac output by measurement of the change in temperature in the bloodstream after injection of a known amount of cooled saline fluid.
What part of speech is thermodilution?
Thermodilution is a noun.
What is the plural of thermodilution?
The plural of thermodilution is thermodilutions.

Words near thermodilution in the dictionary

  1. thermodiffractograms
  2. thermodiffusion
  3. thermodiffusions
  4. thermodilatometric
  5. thermodilatometry
  6. thermodilution
  7. thermodilutional
  8. thermodilutions
  9. thermodimorphic
  10. thermodin
  11. thermodispersion

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