Definition of "cardiopulmonary" [cardiopulmonary]

• Of, relating to, or involving both the heart and the lungs. (adjective)

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• "CPR Defination The term cardiopulmonary resuscitation means: the revival or return to function of the heart and lungs."
• "That's the message of a study that finds that survival after cardiac arrest is directly related to the amount of time spent doing chest compressions during efforts at what is formally called cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)."
• "KELLY: Well, during the procedure, in order for the surgeon to be able to operate on the patient, the patient is put on a heart-lung machine and the heart is stopped, as you heard earlier in the show, that is called cardiopulmonary bypass."