defibrillator

English

Etymology

From defibrillate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈfɪbɹɪleɪtə(ɹ)/
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Noun

defibrillator (plural defibrillators)

(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.

Translations

device

Armenian: դեֆիբրիլյատոր (defibrilyator)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 去顫器
Finnish: sydäniskuri (fi), defibrillaattori (fi)
French: défibrillateur (fr) m
Greek: απινιδωτής (el) m (apinidotís)
Hebrew: דֵּפִיבְּרִילָטוֹר‎ (he) m (defibrilátor)
Hungarian: defibrillátor

Icelandic: hjartastillir (is) m
Irish: dífhibrileoir m
Japanese: 除細動器 (josaidōki)
Korean: 제세동기 (jesedonggi)
Portuguese: desfibrilador (pt) m
Russian: дефибрилля́тор (ru) m (defibrilljátor)
Spanish: desfibrilador m

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