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ARTIFICIAL HEART
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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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