fibrillate

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/ˈfʌɪbrɪleɪt//ˈfɪbrɪleɪt/

verb

To make rapid irregular movements.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbfibrillate (third-person singular simple present fibrillates, present participle fibrillating, simple past and past participle fibrillated)

present singular third person fibrillates · participle present fibrillating · participle past fibrillated · past fibrillated

  1. intransitiveTo make rapid irregular movements.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian треперя неконтролируемо
  • треперя неконтролируемо (treperja nekontroliruemo)to make rapid irregular movements
Finnish väristä
  • väristäto make rapid irregular movements
German fibrillieren
  • fibrillierento make rapid irregular movements
Hungarian fibrillál
  • fibrillálto make rapid irregular movements
Romanian fibrila
  • fibrilato make rapid irregular movements
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APA

fibrillate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibrillate

MLA

“fibrillate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibrillate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fibrillate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibrillate.

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