cardiopulmonary

[ kahr-dee-oh-puhl-muh-ner-ee, -pool- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs:

   cardiopulmonary laboratory.

cardiopulmonary

/ -mənrɪ; ˌkɑːdɪəʊˈpʌlmənərɪ; -ˈpʊl- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs

cardiopulmonary

/ kär′dē-ō-pl′mə-nĕr′ē,-pŭl′- /

1. Relating to or involving the heart and the lungs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardiopulmonary¹

First recorded in 1880–85; cardio- + pulmonary

Example Sentences

The cause of death was listed as cardiopulmonary arrest “in the setting of recent ingestion of food substance with high capsaicin concentration,” according to the autopsy from the Chief Office of the Medical Examiner.

From Seattle Times

The cause of her death, in an assisted living facility, was cardiopulmonary failure, her son Howard Schwartz said.

From New York Times

They also completed an incremental cardiopulmonary test to exhaustion on a treadmill.

From Science Daily

Close, who in the 1970s and ’80s made colossal photorealist portraits of himself and others, died at 81 of cardiopulmonary failure.

From New York Times

At the same site, rescuers also found a woman in her 40s in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest, reports said.

From BBC