Etymology

defibrillation

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Today it means: The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock. Full definition →

English fibrillation ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishfibrilla
  8. Englishfibrillation
  9. English todaydefibrillation

From de- + fibrillation.

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