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ARTIFICIAL HEART
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Dictionary entry overview: What does artificial heart mean?
• ARTIFICIAL HEART (noun)
The noun ARTIFICIAL HEART has 1 sense:
1. a pump that replaces the natural heart
Familiarity information: ARTIFICIAL HEART used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pump that replaces the natural heart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("artificial heart" is a kind of...):
implant (a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "artificial heart"):
Jarvik artificial heart; Jarvik heart (a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success)
Context examples
Risk factors include having: • An abnormal or damaged heart valve • An artificial heart valve • Congenital heart defects
(Endocarditis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
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