Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulmotor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pul-mo-tor
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc.

Etymology

From Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + English motor. Originally a brand name.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pulmo

Inflected Forms

pulmotors (plural)

Questions

What does pulmotor mean?: An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc.
Where does pulmotor come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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