beating-heart transplant

noun

A heart transplant operation in which the donor heart is kept full of blood and continues to beat in a machine between donor and recipient.

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Meanings

nounbeating-heart transplant (plural beating-heart transplants)

plural beating-heart transplants

  1. medicineA heart transplant operation in which the donor heart is kept full of blood and continues to beat in a machine between donor and recipient.
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