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Defibrillation: The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the chest wall or directly to the exposed heart muscle, to restart or normalize heart rhythms.
Defibrillation Definition. Defibrillation is a process in which an electronic device sends an electric shock to the heart to stop an extremely rapid, irregular ...
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( dÄ“-fÄb ' rÉ™-lÄt ' , -fÄ« ' brÉ™- ) tr.v. , -lat·ed , -lat·ing , -lates . To stop the fibrillation of (a heart ...
Defibrillation is a medical technique used to counter the onset of ventricular fibrillation, (VF) a common cause of cardiac arrest, and pulseless ventricular tachycardia ...
Definition Defibrillation is a process in which an electrical device called a defibrillator sends an electric shock to the heart to stop an arrhythmia ...
–verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing. Medicine/Medical . to arrest the fibrillation of (heart muscle) by applying electric shock across the chest, thus ...