defibrillator

See also: Defibrillator

English

Etymology

From defibrillate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈfɪbɹɪleɪtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

defibrillator (plural defibrillators)

1. (cardiology) 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.
   • 2016 October 11, Hailey Middlebrook, “After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators’ failed batteries”, in CNN‎:

     Two deaths have been linked to St. Jude Medical heart defibrillators with batteries that failed. […] Losing battery in a defibrillator could mean the failure of pacing heartbeats or delivering shocks, a potentially deadly consequence for cardiac patients.

   • 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy‎, page 73:

     High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators.

Translations

device

Arabic: مُزِيلُ رَجَفَان m (muzīlu rajafān) Armenian: դեֆիբրիլյատոր (defibrilyator) Catalan: desfibril·lador (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 除顫器 / 除颤器 (chúchànqì), 去顫器 / 去颤器 (qùchànqì) Czech: defibrilátor (cs) m Danish: hjertestarter c Finnish: sydäniskuri (fi), defibrillaattori (fi) French: défibrillateur (fr) m German: Defibrillator (de) m Greek: απινιδωτής (el) m (apinidotís) Hebrew: דֵּפִיבְּרִילָטוֹר (he) m (defibrilátor) Hungarian: defibrillátor (hu) Icelandic: hjartastillir (is) m Indonesian: defibrilator Irish: dífhibrileoir m Italian: defibrillatore (it) m Japanese: 除細動器 (josaidōki) Korean: 제세동기 (jesedonggi) Polish: defibrylator (pl) m, pastuch (pl) m Portuguese: desfibrilador (pt) m Romanian: defibrilator (ro) n Russian: дефибрилля́тор (ru) m (defibrilljátor) Slovak: defibrilátor m Spanish: desfibrilador (es) m Swedish: hjärtstartare (sv) c Turkish: defibrilatör Ukrainian: дефібрилятор (defibryljator)

Further reading

• defibrillator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia