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defibrillate

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Word parts

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de- + fibrillate

Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
defibrillate

Third-person singular
defibrillates

Past tense
defibrillated

Past participle
defibrillated

Present participle
defibrillating

  1. (medicine) (transitive) If you defibrillate a person's heart, you stop the fibrillation of the heart by the use of an electric shock so as to restore the normal rhythm.
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