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cardioverter

/ˌkɑː(ɹ)diəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

cardioverter noun: a machine that performs cardioversion (specifically, electrocardioversion), in either hospital equipment form or implantable form.

Noun

cardioverter (plural cardioverters)

  1. A machine that performs cardioversion (specifically, electrocardioversion), in either hospital equipment form or implantable form.
    • According to the US Food and Drug Administration, 398,740 of St. Jude Medical’s implantable cardioverter defibrillators, known as ICDs, and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators, known as CRT-Ds, are affected with premature battery depletion.2016 October 11, Hailey Middlebrook, “After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators’ failed batteries”, in CNN

Forms of cardioverter

pluralcardioverters

Origin of cardioverter

From cardiovert + -er.

Questions about cardioverter

What does cardioverter mean?
Cardioverter means a machine that performs cardioversion (specifically, electrocardioversion), in either hospital equipment form or implantable form.
What part of speech is cardioverter?
Cardioverter is a noun.
How do you pronounce cardioverter?
Cardioverter is pronounced /ˌkɑː(ɹ)diəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of cardioverter?
The plural of cardioverter is cardioverters.

Words near cardioverter in the dictionary

  1. cardioventricular
  2. cardioversion
  3. cardioversions
  4. cardiovert
  5. cardioverted
  6. cardioverter
  7. cardioverters
  8. cardioverting
  9. cardiovertor
  10. cardiovertors
  11. cardioverts

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