Defibrillator Definition

dē-fĭbrə-lātər, -fībrə-
defibrillators
noun
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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Noun

Singular:
defibrillator
Plural:
defibrillators

Origin of Defibrillator

Defibrillator Sentence Examples

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

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

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

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

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