perfusionist

English

WOTD – 2 August 2015

Etymology

perfusion +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈfjuːʒənɪst/

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Noun

perfusionist (plural perfusionists)

1. A trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.
   • 2007 June 6, Nick Bunkley, “Transplant Team Dies in Jet Crash; Mechanical Problems Suspected”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The doctors were joined several hours later by two perfusionists, Richard Chenault II and Richard Lapensee, and all four sped to Willow Run Airport, a cargo terminal in Ypsilanti, Mich., about 15 miles east of the hospital.

Translations

clinician operating heart-lung machine

• Czech: perfusionista m, perfusionistka f
• French: perfusionniste (fr) m or f
• Polish: perfuzjonista (pl) m