defibrillation

Variant of defibrillate

defibrillate definition

de·fib·ril·late (dē fib′rə lāt′, -fī′brə-)

transitive verb defibrillated -·lat′ed, defibrillating -·lat′·ing

to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current

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