Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cardioverter

/ˌkɑː(ɹ)diəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: car-diovert-er
IPA: /ˌkɑː(ɹ)diəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A machine that performs cardioversion (specifically, electrocardioversion), in either hospital equipment form or implantable form.

Example Sentences

"According to the US Food and Drug Administration, 398,740 of St. Jude Medical’s implantable cardioverter defibrillators, known as ICDs, and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators, known as CRT-Ds, are affected with premature battery depletion."

Etymology

Etymology tree English cardiovert Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cardioverter From cardiovert + -er.

Inflected Forms

cardioverters (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce cardioverter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑː(ɹ)diəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/.
What does cardioverter mean?: A machine that performs cardioversion (specifically, electrocardioversion), in either hospital equipment form or implantable form.
Where does cardioverter come from?: Etymology tree English cardiovert Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cardioverter From cardiovert + -er.

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