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defibrillators

defibrillators is the plural of defibrillator.

Meaning of defibrillator

Noun

defibrillator (plural defibrillators)

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

Questions about defibrillators

What is defibrillators the plural of?
Defibrillators is the plural of defibrillator.

Words near defibrillators in the dictionary

  1. defibrillates
  2. defibrillating
  3. defibrillation
  4. defibrillations
  5. defibrillator
  6. defibrillators
  7. defibrillize
  8. defibrillized
  9. defibrinate
  10. defibrinated
  11. defibrinates

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