fibrillation

From fibrilla +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən/

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fibrillation (countable and uncountable, plural fibrillations)

1. The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart.
   • 2011, Laurence Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, page 125:

     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.

   • 2024 February 13, “Understanding Your Heart Rate”, in Emory Healthcare‎^[1]:

     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.

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fibrillation f (plural fibrillations)

1. fibrillation

• “fibrillation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.