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Meaning of perfusionist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

/pə(ɹ)ˈfjuːʒənɪst/

Definitions

A trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.

Equivalents

Français perfusionniste

Polski perfuzjonista

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

perfusivity perfusor Pergade pergal Pergam. Pergamese