ALL meanings of pacemaker
pace·mak·er
P p - noun pacemaker device: regulates heartbeat 1
- noun pacemaker sport: person who sets pace 1
- abbreviation PACEMAKER pacesetter. 1
- noun pacemaker Medicine/Medical. an electronic device implanted beneath the skin for providing a normal heartbeat by electrical stimulation of the heart muscle, used in certain heart conditions. 1
- noun pacemaker Anatomy, Physiology. any specialized tissue that governs a rhythmic or cyclic biological activity, as the sinoatrial node of the heart that controls heartbeat. 1
- countable noun pacemaker A pacemaker is a device that is placed inside someone's body in order to help their heart beat in the right way. 0
- countable noun pacemaker A pacemaker is a competitor in a race whose task is to start the race very quickly in order to help the other runners achieve a very fast time. Pacemakers usually stop before the race is finished. 0
- noun pacemaker a person, horse, vehicle, etc, used in a race or speed trial to set the pace 0
- noun pacemaker a person, an organization, etc, regarded as being the leader in a particular field of activity 0
- noun pacemaker a small area of specialized tissue within the wall of the right atrium of the heart whose spontaneous electrical activity initiates and controls the beat of the heart 0
- noun pacemaker an electronic device for use in certain cases of heart disease to assume the functions of the natural cardiac pacemaker 0
- noun pacemaker a runner, horse, automobile, etc. that sets the pace for others, as in a race 0
- noun pacemaker a person, group, or thing that leads the way or serves as a model 0
- noun pacemaker a dense network of interwoven, specialized muscle fibers in the right atrium of the heart that controls the rhythm of the electrical impulses that cause the heartbeat 0
- noun pacemaker any of several body parts that control the rhythm of a biological activity, as an area in the stomach that controls stomach contractions 0
- noun pacemaker an electronic device implanted into the body and connected to the wall of the heart, designed to provide regular, mild, electric shock that stimulates contraction of the heart muscles and restores normalcy to the heartbeat 0