defibrillate

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ fibrillate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈfɪbɹɪleɪt/

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Verb

defibrillate (third-person singular simple present defibrillates, present participle defibrillating, simple past and past participle defibrillated)

1. (cardiology, transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.

Derived terms

• defibrillator

 

Translations

to stop cardiac fibrillation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 除顫／除颤 (chúchàn), 去顫／去颤 (qùchàn)

• Finnish: defibrilloida
• French: défibriller (fr)
• German: defibrillieren (de)
• Romanian: defibrila
• Russian: дефибрилли́ровать (defibrillírovatʹ)
• Welsh: diffibrilio

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

defibrillate

1. inflection of defibrillare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

defibrillate f pl

1. feminine plural of defibrillato