ALL meanings of defibrillator
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D d - countable noun defibrillator A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock. 3
- noun defibrillator an apparatus for stopping fibrillation of the heart by application of an electric current to the chest wall or directly to the heart 3
- noun defibrillator an agent or device for arresting fibrillation of the atrial or ventricular muscles of the heart. 1
- noun defibrillator medical device for restoring heartbeat 1
- noun defibrillator An apparatus used to control heart fibrillation by application of an electric current to the chest wall or heart. 1
- noun defibrillator (medicine) 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. 0