Definition of 'defibrillator'

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defibrillator

(diːfɪbrɪleɪtəʳ )

Word forms: plural defibrillators

countable noun

A defibrillator is a machine that starts the heart beating normally again after a heart attack, by giving it an electric shock.

[medicine]

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defibrillator in British

(dɪˈfaɪbrɪˌleɪtə , -ˈfɪb-)

noun

medicine

an apparatus for stopping fibrillation of the heart by application of an electric current to the chest wall or directly to the heart

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The defibrillator was used in the tunnel. Times, Sunday Times (2012)He used a defibrillator to give him electric shocks which was a horrible thing to see. The Sun (2006)What saved me was getting a defibrillator fitted. Times, Sunday Times (2012)Some sufferers may need to be fitted with a pacemaker and defibrillator in the chest. Times, Sunday Times (2010)It's also important to learn emergency life support skills and how to use a defibrillator. The Sun (2012)Next month, he is due to have an internal defibrillator fitted. The Sun (2016)He was in a coma for two days, then fitted with a defibrillator. The Sun (2012)A defibrillator was used and he was conscious when he was carried off. Times, Sunday Times (2012)Do not use it if you or your partner has a heart pacemaker, defibrillator or insulin syringe driver. Times, Sunday Times (2008)He was given 22 shocks with a defibrillator in an ambulance and at the hospital after going into cardiac arrest. The Sun (2015)The defibrillator sends a shock through the heart to stop it and, hopefully, reset the pacemaker. Times, Sunday Times (2010)It advised against new implants of the leads, electrical wires that link a patient's heart to a defibrillator implanted in the chest. Times, Sunday Times (2007)