Defibrillation - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Defibrillation :  (noun)

1: treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)

Based on WordNet 2.0

Defibrillation :  Defibrillation: The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the chest wall or directly to the exposed heart muscle, to restart or normalize heart rhythms.



Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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