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BATTERY-POWERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does battery-powered mean?
• BATTERY-POWERED (adjective)
The adjective BATTERY-POWERED has 1 sense:
1. powered by one or more electric batteries
Familiarity information: BATTERY-POWERED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Powered by one or more electric batteries
Context example:
a battery-powered radio
Similar:
powered ((often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind)
Context examples
A surgical procedure in which a small, battery-powered device is placed in the chest wall to transmit electrical impulses to the heart muscles to stimulate contraction.
(Pacemaker Placement, NCI Thesaurus)
A device used to directly visualize the larynx; often has a battery-powered lamp at its tip.
(Laryngoscope, NCI Thesaurus)
A surgical procedure in which a small, battery-powered device is placed in the chest wall to detect arrhythmias and correct them by delivering a jolt of electricity.
(Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement, NCI Thesaurus)
A battery-powered electrical impulse generator implanted in patients at risk of sudden cardiac death to detect cardiac arrhythmia and correct it by delivering a jolt of electricity.
(Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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