defibrillate
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Etymology edit
de- + fibrillate
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
defibrillate (third-person singular simple present defibrillates, present participle defibrillating, simple past and past participle defibrillated)
- (cardiology, transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
Translations edit
to stop cardiac fibrillation
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Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
defibrillate
- inflection of defibrillare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
defibrillate f pl