extracorporeal
adjective
ex·tra·cor·po·re·al ˌek-strə-kȯr-ˈpȯr-ē-əl 
: occurring or based outside the living body
the heart-lung machine maintains extracorporeal circulation during heart surgery
extracorporeally
ˌek-strə-kȯr-ˈpȯr-ē-ə-lē
adverb 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The newest version, OrganEx, perfused the organs more effectively than a heart-lung bypass device known as an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine, which was tested on other pigs, the team wrote. 
Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2022 There’s also growing interest in using a technique called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, for patients who can’t be resuscitated, in order to preserve their organs for transplantation. Wired, 5 Aug. 2022 The next step was an artificial-heart-and-lung machine known familiarly as ECMO — short for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022 Their lungs simply cannot heal without mechanical ventilation or other intensive care, such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. NBC News, 16 Apr. 2022 And, he had been placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, a device that pumps blood out of the body to give the vital organs time to recuperate during intense bodily stress. Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 10 Jan. 2022 One doctor called every hospital in the Pacific Northwest trying to find an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine — better known as ECMO — to help serve as an artificial lung for the 47-year-old, whose condition was continuing to deteriorate. oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2021 There, she was connected to an extracorporeal life support machine (ECMO), as her lungs were unable to produce enough oxygen to keep herself and her baby alive. Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2021 All seven patients who died of Covid and all of the 13 patients who received a last-ditch treatment called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation were unvaccinated, according to the findings. Robert Langreth, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2022 See More
Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2022 There’s also growing interest in using a technique called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, for patients who can’t be resuscitated, in order to preserve their organs for transplantation. Wired, 5 Aug. 2022 The next step was an artificial-heart-and-lung machine known familiarly as ECMO — short for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022 Their lungs simply cannot heal without mechanical ventilation or other intensive care, such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. NBC News, 16 Apr. 2022 And, he had been placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, a device that pumps blood out of the body to give the vital organs time to recuperate during intense bodily stress. Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 10 Jan. 2022 One doctor called every hospital in the Pacific Northwest trying to find an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine — better known as ECMO — to help serve as an artificial lung for the 47-year-old, whose condition was continuing to deteriorate. oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2021 There, she was connected to an extracorporeal life support machine (ECMO), as her lungs were unable to produce enough oxygen to keep herself and her baby alive. Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2021 All seven patients who died of Covid and all of the 13 patients who received a last-ditch treatment called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation were unvaccinated, according to the findings. Robert Langreth, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
extracorporeal
adjective
ex·tra·cor·po·re·al -kȯr-ˈpōr-ē-əl, -ˈpȯr-
: occurring or based outside the living body
heart surgery employing extracorporeal circulation