"fibrillation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fibrillation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fibrillations [plural]
Etymology: From fibrilla + -ation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fibrilla|-ation}} fibrilla + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fibrillation (countable and uncountable, plural fibrillations)
  1. The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: atrial fibrillation, auricular fibrillation, defibrillation, ventricular fibrillation Related terms: fiber, fibrillate, defibrillate, defibrillator Translations (contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart): фибрилация (fibrilacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fibrillaatio (Finnish), värinä (Finnish), fibrillation [feminine] (French), Fibrillierung [feminine] (German), Fibrillieren [neuter] (German), μαρμαρυγή (marmarygí) [feminine] (Greek), fibrillazione [feminine] (Italian), pemfibrilan (Malay), fibrilație [feminine] (Romanian), fibrilare [feminine] (Romanian), фибрилляция (fibrilljacija) [feminine] (Russian), fibrilación [feminine] (Spanish)

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