biolung

English

Etymology

bio- + lung

Noun

biolung (plural biolungs)

  1. An artificial lung that uses tiny hollow fibers to mimic the structure of a human lung.
    • 2015 August 2, J.-F. Stoltz et al., “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality of the 21th Century”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, DOI:10.1155/2015/734731:
      After four to eight days of incubation, this biolung was grafted on to a rat.

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