| | Definition: | | \Pul"mo`tor\, n. [L. pulmo lung + E. motor.]
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.
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