Pump: (1) An apparatus for forcing a gas or liquid from or to any part. (2) Any mechanism for using metabolic energy to accomplish active transport of a substance.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Pump: A device that is used to give a controlled amount of a liquid at a specific rate. For example, pumps are used to give drugs (such as chemotherapy or pain medicine) or nutrients
Source: National Institute of Health
Pump: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly".
Source: WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
The following list attempts to classify Pump into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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