"defibrillate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /diːˈfɪbɹɪleɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defibrillate.wav Forms: defibrillates [present, singular, third-person], defibrillating [participle, present], defibrillated [participle, past], defibrillated [past]
Etymology: From de- + fibrillate. Etymology templates: {{af|en|de-|fibrillate}} de- + fibrillate Head templates: {{en-verb}} defibrillate (third-person singular simple present defibrillates, present participle defibrillating, simple past and past participle defibrillated)
  1. (cardiology, transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Cardiology Derived forms: defibrillator Translations (to stop cardiac fibrillation): 除顫 (Chinese Mandarin), 除颤 (chúchàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 去顫 (Chinese Mandarin), 去颤 (qùchàn) (Chinese Mandarin), defibrilloida (Finnish), défibriller (French), defibrillieren (German), defibrila (Romanian), дефибрилли́ровать (defibrillírovatʹ) (Russian), diffibrilio (Welsh)

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