DEFIBRILLATOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does defibrillator mean? 

• DEFIBRILLATOR (noun)
  The noun DEFIBRILLATOR has 1 sense:

1. an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation

  Familiarity information: DEFIBRILLATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFIBRILLATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("defibrillator" is a kind of...):

electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)

Derivation:

defibrillate (stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks)

 Context examples 

The part of a defibrillator designed to be placed in contact with the body.

(Defibrillator Paddle Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment to restore a normal heart rhythm may include medicines, an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or pacemaker, or sometimes surgery.

(Arrhythmia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

The cardiac lead failed to administer a shock and had an inadequate defibrillator threshold safety margin.

(Failure to Shock with Inadequate Defibrillator Threshold Safety Margin, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The removal of one or more lead wires from the heart in a patient with pacemaker or implantable defibrillator.

(Lead Extraction, NCI Thesaurus)

Most new ICDs can act as both a pacemaker and a defibrillator.

(Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators, NIH)

Delivery of strong electrical impulses by a cardioverter defibrillator to return the electrical activity of the heart to normal.

(Cardioverter Defibrillator Shock Therapy, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The lowest energy where a defibrillator device terminates an arrhythmia in a particular subject.

(Defibrillation Threshold, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The wire which connects a pacemaker or defibrillator to the atrial tissue.

(Atrial Lead, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure involving one or more wires used for pacemaker or implantable defibrillator devices.

(Cardiac Lead Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

If you have had an SCA, an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) reduces the chance of dying from a second SCA.

(Cardiac Arrest, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)