NOUN | act | defibrillation | treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator) |
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Meaning | treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator). | |
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Broader | medical care, medical aid | professional treatment for illness or injury |
Spanish | defibrilación, desfibrilación, desfibrilación y cardioversión eléctrica | |
Catalan | desfibril·lació | |
Verbs | defibrillate | stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks |
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