defibrillate
English
Etymology
de- + fibrillate
Pronunciation
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Verb
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
to stop cardiac fibrillation
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Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
defibrillate
- inflection of defibrillare:
Etymology 2
Participle
defibrillate f pl