"fibrillating" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fibrillating [comparative], most fibrillating [superlative]
Etymology: From fibrillate + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fibrillate|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From fibrillate + -ing. Head templates: {{en-adj}} fibrillating (comparative more fibrillating, superlative most fibrillating)
  1. Splitting into fibrils or fibres.
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  2. Of a muscle, especially in the heart: undergoing fibrillation; quivering.
    Sense id: en-fibrillating-en-adj-KcMb4FQK Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 43 22 35

Verb

Etymology: From fibrillate + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fibrillate|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From fibrillate + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fibrillating
  1. present participle and gerund of fibrillate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fibrillate
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