fibrillate

 [fahy-bruh-leyt, fib-ruh-]  

fi·bril·late

   [fahy-bruh-leyt, fib-ruh-] verb, fi·bril·lat·ed, fi·bril·lat·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause to undergo fibrillation.
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verb (used without object)
2.
to undergo fibrillation.

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Origin:
1830–40; fibrill(a) + -ate1

Related forms
fi·bril·la·tive, adjective
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fibrillate fib·ril·late (fĭb'rə-lāt', fī'brə-)
v. fib·ril·lat·ed, fib·ril·lat·ing, fib·ril·lates

  1. To undergo or to cause to undergo fibrillation.

  2. To make or to become fibrillar.

adj.
Being fibrillated.

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