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Meaning of fibrillation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən

Definitions

The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Català fibril·lació
Deutsch Fibrillieren Fibrillierung
Ελληνικά μαρμαρυγή
Español fibrilación
Suomi fibrillaatio värinä
Français fibrillation
עברית פרפור
Italiano fibrillazione
Română fibrilare fibrilație
Русский фибрилляция
Svenska flimmer

Examples

“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.”
“The most common type⟳ of irregular heartbeat is atrial fibrillation or AFib. It is estimated that between three and six million people in the United States have⟳ AFib.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

fibrillin fibrillinogenesis fibrillinopathy fibrillization fibrillogenesis fibrillogenicity

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