Medical Dictionary

heat exchanger

noun heat ex·chang·er \-iks-ˌchānj-ər\

Medical Definition of HEAT EXCHANGER

:  a device (as in an apparatus for extracorporeal blood circulation) for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix

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