defibrillation meaning

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defibrillation (noun): treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator).

Definition of defibrillation

  1. treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)

    Type of: medical care

    Related forms: defibrillate

Scrabble score: 20 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in ON · 14-letter words

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