Meanings
verbdefib (third-person singular simple present defibs, present participle defibbing, simple past and past participle defibbed)
present singular third person defibs · participle present defibbing · participle past defibbed · past defibbed
- informaltransitiveTo defibrillate.
noundefib (plural defibs)
plural defibs
- informalA defibrillator.
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.
2011, Laurence Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, page 125 - informalA defibrillation.
Origin
Clipping of defibrillation.
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