Meaning Of The Word Defibrillator

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defibrillator
countable noun: A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock.

defibrillator in American English
noun: an agent or device for arresting fibrillation of the atrial or ventricular muscles of the heart

defibrillator in British English
noun: an apparatus for stopping fibrillation of the heart by application of an electric current to the chest wall or directly to the heart

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