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- de|fi|bril|la|tion «dee FY bruh LAY shuhn», noun.1. the act of relaxing fibrillating muscle fibers of the heart, especially by electric shock.2. the condition so produced.
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fi|bril|la|tion — «FY bruh LAY shuhn», noun. 1. Medicine. a shivering or tremor in a muscle or nerve, especially a condition of the heart characterized by independent and irregular action of the muscle fibers. 2. a) the act or process of forming fibrils or fibers … Useful english dictionary
bril — bril·lan·te; bril·liance; bril·lian·cy; bril·lian·deer; bril·lian·teer; bril·lian·tine; bril·lian·tined; bril·liant·ly; bril·liant·ness; bril·louin; cam·bril; fe·bril·i·ty; fi·bril; fi·bril·la; fi·bril·lar; fi·bril·lary; fi·bril·la·tion;… … English syllables
tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… … English syllables
la — ab·cha·la·zal; ab·la·tion; ab·la·ti·val; ac·an·thel·la; acan·tho·ceph·a·la; ac·cep·ti·la·tion; ac·cu·mu·la·ble; ac·cu·mu·la·tion; ac·cu·mu·la·tive; ac·cu·mu·la·tor; aceph·a·la; ac·er·o·la; acet·y·la·tion; acet·y·la·tor; ach·a·la·sia;… … English syllables
Defibrillation — The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the chest wall or directly to the exposed heart muscle, to restart or normalize heart rhythms. * * * The arrest of fibrillation of the… … Medical dictionary
Fibrillation — In matters of the heart (cardiology), fibrillation is incoordinate twitching of the heart muscle fibers. The difference between fibrillation and flutter is that fibrillation is not well organized while flutter is. For example, atrial flutter is… … Medical dictionary
defibrillate — de•fi•bril•late [[t]diˈfaɪ brəˌleɪt, ˈfɪb rə [/t]] v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing med to arrest the fibrillation of (heart muscle) by applying electric shock across the chest • Etymology: 1930–35 de•fi bril•la′tion, n … From formal English to slang
Fibrillation — Fi bril*la tion, n. The state of being reduced to fibers. Carpenter. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fibrillation — fi·bril·la·tion … English syllables
fibrillation — fi•bril•la•tion [[t]ˌfaɪ brəˈleɪ ʃən,[/t]] or, esp. for 2, [[t]ˌfɪb rə [/t]] n. 1) pat a) uncontrolled twitching or quivering of muscular fibrils b) pat chaotic contractions across the atrium of the heart, causing fast and irregular ventricular… … From formal English to slang
