defibrillate 1
verbdomain: v society
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks
Examples
- 1.The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life
Hypernym
restore 1
verb
return to its original or usable and functioning condition
EnglishDerivationally related form
defibrillation 1
noun
treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
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
