Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flatliner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: flat-lin-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An angler who uses a flatline.

noun

A patient with no heartbeat.

Example Sentences

"[…]unless my heart stops, okay? Nada — unless I'm a flatliner.""
"In spite of his dramatic highs and the canyon lows, Kurt was a flatliner—a patient with no heartbeat."
"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."

Etymology

From flatline + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flatline

Inflected Forms

flatliners (plural)

Questions

What does flatliner mean?: An angler who uses a flatline.
Where does flatliner come from?: From flatline + -er.

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