Perfusionist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pə(ɹ)ˈfjuːʒənɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Perfusionist is a noun meaning A trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.
Meaning
A trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- perfusionists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include transfusionist, transfuser, cardiosurgeon, cardiologist, fluoroscopist, cardiopulmonologist.
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