fibrillation

English

Etymology

From fibrilla +‎ -ation.

Noun

fibrillation (countable and uncountable, plural fibrillations)

1. The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart.

Derived terms

• atrial fibrillation
• defibrillation
• ventricular fibrillation

Related terms

• fiber
• fibrillate
• defibrillate
• defibrillator

Translations

contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart

• Bulgarian: фибрилация f (fibrilacija)
• Finnish: fibrillaatio, värinä (fi)
• French: fibrillation (fr) f
• German: Fibrillierung f, Fibrillieren n
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• Greek: μαρμαρυγή (el) f (marmarygí)
• Italian: fibrillazione (it) f
• Romanian: fibrilație (ro) f, fibrilare (ro) f
• Russian: фибрилляция (ru) f (fibrilljacija)
• Spanish: fibrilación (es) f

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French

Noun

fibrillation f (plural fibrillations)

1. fibrillation

Further reading

• “fibrillation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.