Defibrillator meaning

dē-fĭb'rə-lā'tər, -fī'brə-
An electrical device used to counteract fibrillation of the heart muscle and restore normal heartbeat by applying a brief electric shock.
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An electrical device used to counteract fibrillation of the heart muscle and restore normal heartbeat by applying a brief electric shock.
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(medicine) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.
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Origin of defibrillator

From defibrillation +"Ž -ator.

Sentence Examples

  • Dialysis came a few years later, then chemotherapy, then the defibrillator, then the polio vaccine; then came cloning, then a kidney transplant.

  • A permanent pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is sometimes needed to regulate the child's heart rhythm.

  • "Move, D," Dusty ordered, snatching the defibrillator from Laney.

  • Mr and Mrs Wort then went on to raise more funds and donated a defibrillator to Frome Victoria Hospital.

  • Mr and Mrs wort then went on to raise more funds and donated a defibrillator to Frome Victoria Hospital.

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