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defibrillate
to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current -
bretylium
a substance, C 18 H 24 BrNO 3 S, used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmias and suppress ventricular fibrillation. -
defibrillator
A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock. -
scillism
poisoning by squill, characterized by vomiting, slow pulse, cardiac arrhythmia, and ventricular fibrillation. -
ventricular fibrillation
Pathology. a cardiac arrhythmia characterized by rapid, chaotic electrical impulses to the ventricles, incomplete ventricular contractions, and resultant loss of pulse and blood pressure.