what does defibrillate mean?
DEFIBRILLATE as VERB
- Meaning
- stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks
Usage Example(s)
- The patient’’s heart had to be defibrillated to save his life
Hypernyms(s) defibrillate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
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