defibrillation

Questions

How do you pronounce defibrillation?

The recorded pronunciation is /diːˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən/.

What does defibrillation mean?

The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.

Where does defibrillation come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fibrilla Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English fibrillation English defibrillation From de- + fibrillation.

How to pronounce defibrillation

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