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defibrillator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /diːˈfɪbɹɪˌleɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English defibrillate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English defibrillator From defibrillate + -or.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators. 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 73:
   • Two deaths have been linked to St. Jude Medical heart defibrillators with batteries that failed. […] Losing battery in a defibrillator could mean the failure of pacing heartbeats or delivering shocks, a potentially deadly consequence for cardiac patients. 2016 October 11, Hailey Middlebrook, “After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators’ failed batteries”, in CNN:

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Translations (30)

da hjertestarter (device) · tr defibrilatör (device) · uk дефібрилятор (device) · it defibrillatore (device) · fi defibrillaattori (device) · is hjartastillir (device) · he דֵּפִיבְּרִילָטוֹר (device) · ro defibrilator (device) · ar مُزِيلُ رَجَفَان (device) · pt desfibrilador (device) · pl defibrylator (device) · el απινιδωτής (device) · fi sydäniskuri (device) · ca desfibril·lador (device) · ru дефибрилля́тор (device) · ja 除細動器 (device) · sv hjärtstartare (device) · hu defibrillátor (device) · cmn 除顫器 /除颤器 (device) · de Defibrillator (device) · cs defibrilátor (device) · hy դեֆիբրիլյատոր (device) · ko 제세동기 (device) · sk defibrilátor (device) · cmn 去顫器 /去颤器 (device) · pl pastuch (device) · es desfibrilador (device) · fr défibrillateur (device) · id defibrilator (device) · ga dífhibrileoir (device)