Word: pulmotors
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pul
mo
tors
Definition: Plural of pulmotor; a device using positive pressure to inflate the lungs of an unconscious person who is not breathing, in order to keep them oxygenated and alive
Morphemes:
Affix: pulmotor
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pulmo
Language: la
Decoded: pulmo
Meaning: a lung
Affix: motor
Language: en
Decoded: motor
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.