defibrillator

See also: Defibrillator

English

Etymology

From defibrillate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈfɪbɹɪleɪtə(ɹ)/
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Noun

defibrillator (plural defibrillators)

(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.

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
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) m
Russian: дефибрилля́тор (ru) m (defibrilljátor)
Slovak: defibrilátor m
Spanish: desfibrilador (es) m
Swedish: hjärtstartare (sv) c
Turkish: defibrilatör
Ukrainian: дефібрилятор (defibryljator)

Further reading

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