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defibrillate
[ dee-fahy-bruh-leyt, -fib-ruh- ]
verb (used with object)
, Medicine/Medical.
, de·fi·bril·lat·ed, de·fi·bril·lat·ing.
- 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.
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- de·fibril·lation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of defibrillate1
1930–35; de- + fibrillate, back formation from fibrillation
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