He was the first surgeon to implant an artificialheart.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Doctors were concerned about how long his artificialheart would keep going.
The Sun (2013)
It is going to come to the stage when they will have to attach her to an artificialheart, which will pump the blood through her body.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Definition of 'heart'
heart
(hɑːʳt)Explore 'heart' in the dictionary
countable noun
Your heart is the organ in your chest that pumps the blood around your body. People also use heart to refer to the area of their chest that is closest to their heart.
Definition of 'artificial'
artificial
(ɑːʳtɪfɪʃəl)Explore 'artificial' in the dictionary
adjective
Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
artificiallyadverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective]
Definition of 'artificial heart'
artificial heart
Explore 'artificial heart' in the dictionary
noun
any of various four-chambered devices, modeled on the human heart, that pump bloodby attachment to a power source and that are constructed for temporary external use or for implantation as a temporary or permanent heart replacement
Example sentences
artificial heart
The race to manufacture the first artificial heart was even more acrimonious.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
At the centre of his career, however, lies the artificial heart.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Doctors were concerned about how long his artificial heart would keep going.
The Sun (2013)
He believes that his artificial heart could be available in five years.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Depending on one chamber to do the hard work places this part of an artificial heart under enormous strain.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Three years later he became the first surgeon to implant a partial artificial heart into a human.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The competition has chalked up some notable successes, such as the world's first artificial heart in 1937.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Artificial hearts are very bulky as well as expensive.