Etymology

pulmotor

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Today it means: An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc. Full definition →

Latin pulmo
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompulmo“a lung”
  2. English todaypulmotor

From Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + English motor. Originally a brand name.

Words from the same roots

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