also: しんはい
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).
心肺機能を高める運動をしています。
I do exercises to improve my cardiopulmonary function.
By the time the paramedics arrived, the patient's heart and lungs had stopped.
When the paramedics arrived, the patient was in cardiopulmonary arrest.
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
手術中は心肺を使って血液循環を維持した。
During the surgery, they used a heart-lung machine to maintain blood circulation.
During the operation, they used the heart-lung machine to circulate the blood.
heart-lung machine; cardiopulmonary bypass; CPB pump
cardiopulmonary arrest · showing no vital signs
cardiopulmonary function
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR
Standard kanji spelling for both senses.
Alternate reading; しんぱい is much more common.
Sino-Japanese compound of 心 (heart) and 肺 (lungs).