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Restore normal heart contractions, with electric shock treatment
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defibrillate
Word definitions for defibrillate in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks; "The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
Usage examples of defibrillate.
West Side bar to defibrillate his ego and his genitalia, both in arrest lately as he approached middle age.
If the person were defibrillated at that moment, he might possibly survive.
Caffeine defibrillates my slow heart and jolts me back into a clear head.