defibrillator

See also: Defibrillator

English

Etymology

From defibrillate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈfɪbɹɪleɪtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

defibrillator (plural defibrillators)

1. (cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.

Translations

device

• Arabic: مُزِيلُ رَجَفَان m (muzīlu rajafān)
• Armenian: դեֆիբրիլյատոր (defibrilyator)
• Catalan: desfibril·lador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 除顫器 / 除颤器 (chúchànqì), 去顫器 / 去颤器 (qùchànqì)

• Czech: defibrilátor (cs) m
• Danish: hjertestarter c
• Finnish: sydäniskuri (fi), defibrillaattori (fi)
• French: défibrillateur (fr) m
• German: Defibrillator (de) m
• Greek: απινιδωτής (el) m (apinidotís)
• Hebrew: דֵּפִיבְּרִילָטוֹר (he) m (defibrilátor)
• Hungarian: defibrillátor (hu)
• Icelandic: hjartastillir (is) m
• Irish: dífhibrileoir m
• Italian: defibrillatore (it) m
• Japanese: 除細動器 (josaidōki)
• Korean: 제세동기 (jesedonggi)
• Polish: defibrylator (pl) m, pastuch (pl) m
• Portuguese: desfibrilador (pt) m
• Romanian: defibrilator (ro) n
• Russian: дефибрилля́тор (ru) m (defibrilljátor)
• Slovak: defibrilátor m
• Spanish: desfibrilador (es) m
• Swedish: hjärtstartare (sv) c
• Turkish: defibrilatör
• Ukrainian: дефібрилятор (defibryljator)

Further reading

• defibrillator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia