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extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

noun/ˌɛkstrəkɔːˈpɔːriəl ˈmɛmbreɪn ˌɒksɪdʒəˈneɪʃən/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A form of life support that oxygenates and removes carbon dioxide from blood outside the body when the heart or lungs fail.

He was cannulated for veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after conventional therapy failed.

Similar: ECMO

Topic: Critical care in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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