ARTIFICIAL HEART

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pump that replaces the natural heart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("artificial heart" is a kind of...):

implant (a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "artificial heart"):

Jarvik artificial heart; Jarvik heart (a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success)

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