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thermodilution

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mod-i-lu-tion
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From thermo- + dilution.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

thermodilutions (plural)

Derived Forms

thermodilutional

Questions

What does thermodilution mean?
Determination of cardiac output by measurement of the change in temperature in the bloodstream after injection of a known amount of cooled saline fluid
Where does thermodilution come from?
From thermo- + dilution.

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