ＥＣＭＯ

noun

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ECMO

Medical term for a life-support machine that oxygenates blood outside the body. Used in intensive care.

See also: 体外式膜型人工肺

• 重じゅう症しょうの肺はい炎えん患かん者じゃにＥＣＭＯが導どう入にゅうされた。

  ECMO was introduced for the patient with severe pneumonia.

• ＥＣＭＯは体たい外がいで血けつ液えきに酸さん素そを送おくる装そう置ちです。

  ECMO is a device that oxygenates blood outside the body.