defibrillate
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
defibrillate (third-person singular simple present defibrillates, present participle defibrillating, simple past and past participle defibrillated)
(transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
Source: Wiktionary
8 October 2024
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
