Medical term:
thermodilution
thermodilution
[ther″mo-di-loo´shun]a method of measuring ventricular blood volume and cardiac output. A series of 3 to 5 injections of a solution of known temperature is followed by calculation by a computerized sensor or thermistor of the average changes in temperature.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
ther·mo·di·lu·tion
(ther'mō-di-lū'shŭn),Reduction in temperature in a liquid that occurs when it is introduced into a colder liquid; the volume of the latter liquid can be calculated from the amount of rise in its temperature.
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ther·mo·di·lu·tion
(ther'mō-di-lū'shŭn)Reduction in temperature in a liquid that occurs when it is introduced into a colder liquid; the volume of the latter liquid can be calculated from the amount of rise in its temperature.
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