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Definition of Defibrillator
1. Noun. An electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation.
Definition of Defibrillator
1. Noun. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defibrillator
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Medical Definition of Defibrillator
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Literary usage of Defibrillator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Interstate Transportation of Human Pathogens: Hearing Before the Committee by Orrin G. Hatch (1999)
"Recognizing the limitations of the external defibrillator, one man, Michel
Mirowski, pioneered the development of an implantable version of such a device. ..."
2. Medical Devices: Technological Innovation and Patient-Provider Perspectives edited by Michael Bilirakis (1999)
"As a result of the findings of that MADIT trial, the FDA quickly moved to expand
the labeling for one manufacturer's defibrillator system to include a ..."
3. Crossing Boundaries: Statistical Essays in Honor of Jack Hall by William Jackson Hall, John Edward Kolassa, David Oakes (2003)
"This work was motivated by the Multicenter Automatic defibrillator ... After twenty
months into this trial, a new version of the defibrillator became ..."
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