心しん肺ぱい

noun

heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary

Medical term for the heart and lungs as a set. Often used in compounds like 心肺機能 (cardiopulmonary function) or 心肺停止 (cardiopulmonary arrest).

• 心しん肺ぱい機き能のうを高たかめる運うん動どうをしています。

  I do exercises to improve my cardiopulmonary function.

• 救きゅう急きゅう隊たいが到とう着ちゃくしたとき、患かん者じゃは心しん肺ぱい停てい止し状じょう態たいだった。

  When the paramedics arrived, the patient was in cardiopulmonary arrest.

noun

cardiopulmonary bypass; heart-lung machine

Only with reading しんぱい

Abbreviation of 人工心肺 (artificial heart-lung machine). Used in medical contexts, especially surgery. Reading is restricted to しんぱい.

See also: 人工心肺

• 手しゅ術じゅつ中ちゅうは心しん肺ぱいを使つかって血けつ液えき循じゅん環かんを維い持じした。

  During the surgery, they used a heart-lung machine to maintain blood circulation.