What does the medical abbreviation ECMO mean?
Sometime, there may be more than one meaning of ECMO abbreviation. Here is the meaning of ECMO mean in medical terms.
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What is ECMO medical abbreviation?
In the science & medicine field, the abbreviation ECMO means Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
ECMO: Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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