oxˈygenator
[Agent-n. from oxygenate v.]
a. A substance that oxygenates another; = oxidator a.
| 1864 in Webster. |
b. (See quot.)
| 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Oxygenator, a contrivance for throwing a stream of oxygen into the flame of a lamp. |
c. Med. An apparatus for oxygenating the blood.
| 1928 Jrnl. Physiol. LXVI. 443 Drinker, Drinker and Lund used a modification of Hooker's oxygenator in bone marrow perfusion experiments. 1961 [see hole n. 7 e]. 1968 Sci. Jrnl. Nov. 63/2 Attempts to replace the living heart and lungs by a mechanical pump and an artificial oxygenator were unsatisfactory. |