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thermodilution

noun

Etymology

From thermo- + dilution.

  1. derived from dīlūtus
  2. suffixed as dilution — “dilute + -ion”
  3. prefixed as thermodilution — “thermo + dilution”

Definitions

  1. Determination of cardiac output by measurement of the change in temperature in the…

    Determination of cardiac output by measurement of the change in temperature in the bloodstream after injection of a known amount of cooled saline fluid

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for thermodilution. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA