| NOUN | state | fibrillation | muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | fibrillation | act or process of forming fibrils |
| Sounds | fih.brihley'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | atrial fibrillation | fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart |
| ventricular fibrillation | fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly leading to cardiac arrest | |
| Broader | twitch, twitching, vellication | A sudden muscle spasm |
| Spanish | fibrilación | |
| Catalan | fibril·lació | |
| Verbs | fibrillate | make fine, irregular, rapid twitching / twitching movements |
| Meaning | Act or process of forming fibrils. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | branching, ramification, fork, forking | The act of branching out or dividing into branches |
| Catalan | fibril·lació | |
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