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defibrillate

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Public Defibrillation
Simple resuscitation in sudden cardiac arrest!
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de⋅fi⋅bril⋅late

  [dee-fahy-bruh-leyt, -fib-ruh-]
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–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing. Medicine/Medical.
to arrest the fibrillation of (heart muscle) by applying electric shock across the chest, thus depolarizing the heart cells and allowing normal rhythm to return.
Origin:
1930–35; de- + fibrillate, back formation from fibrillation

Related forms:
de⋅fi⋅bril⋅la⋅tion, noun
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Public Defibrillation
Simple resuscitation in sudden cardiac arrest!
www.schiller.ch
de·fib·ril·late   (dē-fĭb'rə-lāt', -fī'brə-)   
tr.v.   de·fib·ril·lat·ed, de·fib·ril·lat·ing, de·fib·ril·lates
To stop the fibrillation of (a heart) and restore normal contractions through the use of drugs or an electric shock.
de·fib'ril·la'tion n., de·fib'ril·la'tive adj., de·fib'ril·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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