thermodilution

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

thermo- +‎ dilution

Noun[edit]

thermodilution (countable and uncountable, plural thermodilutions)

  1. (medicine) Determination of cardiac output by measurement of the change in temperature in the bloodstream after injection of a known amount of cooled saline fluid

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