defibrillate meaning

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defibrillate (verb): stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks.

Definition of defibrillate

  1. stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks
    • The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life

    Type of: restore

    Related forms: defibrillator, defibrillation

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in TE · 12-letter words

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