defibrillator

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Defibrillator

Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations

English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

(UK) IPA: /diː'fɪbɹɪleɪtə(ɹ)/
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Noun [edit]

defibrillator (plural defibrillators)

(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.

Translations [edit]

device

French: défibrillateur
Greek: απινιδωτής (el) (apinidotís) m
Hungarian: defibrillátor (hu)

Icelandic: hjartastillir (is) m
Irish: dífhibrileoir (ga) m
Spanish: desfibrilador (es)

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