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fibrillations

fibrillations is the plural of fibrillation.

Meaning of fibrillation

Noun

fibrillation (countable and uncountable, plural fibrillations)

  1. The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart.
    • Though occasionally a “flatliner” can be revived with a defib, it is most commonly used to change the uncoordinated contractions of the heart (fibrillation) into a normal sinus rhythm—that is, to defibrillate the heart.2011, Laurence Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, page 125

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Questions about fibrillations

What is fibrillations the plural of?
Fibrillations is the plural of fibrillation.

Words near fibrillations in the dictionary

  1. fibrillate
  2. fibrillated
  3. fibrillates
  4. fibrillating
  5. fibrillation
  6. fibrillations
  7. fibrillative
  8. fibrillatory
  9. fibrilled
  10. fibrilliary
  11. fibrilliferous

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