DEFIBRILLATION

defibrillation

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

defibrillation (countable and uncountable, plural defibrillations)

The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.

Source: Wiktionary



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