Category:Pulmotor

Pul"mo`tor, n. [l. pulmo lung + e. motor.]

Defn: an apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping Oxygen or air or a mixture of the two into and out of the lungs, as Of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous Gases, or the like, or of one who has been stunned by an electrical Shock.