thermodilution

English

Etymology

From thermo- +‎ dilution.

Noun

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

Derived terms

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