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Thermodilution
| Medical Definition: | Measurement of blood flow based on induction at one point of the circulation of a known change in the intravascular heat content of flowing blood and detection of the resultant change in temperature at a point downstream. |
| Guide Notes: | NIM |
| Previously Indexed: | Cardiac Output (1966-1976),Indicator Dilution Techniques (1967-1976) |
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