ventricular fibrillation

noun

An abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver instead of pumping normally.

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Meanings

nounventricular fibrillation (usually uncountable, plural ventricular fibrillations)

plural ventricular fibrillations

  1. uncountableusuallycardiologyAn abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver instead of pumping normally.

    Synonyms: VF, vfib, v-fib, V-fib

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver instead of pumping normally.

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VFvfibv-fibV-fib

Translations

Arabic رجفان بطيني
  • رجفان بطينيcondition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
Chinese Mandarin 室顫 /室颤
  • 室顫 /室颤 (shìchàn)condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
Finnish kammiovärinä
  • kammiovärinäcondition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
French fibrillation ventriculaire
  • fibrillation ventriculairecondition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
German Kammerflimmern
  • Kammerflimmerncondition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
Greek κοιλιακή μαρμαρυγή
  • κοιλιακή μαρμαρυγή (koiliakí marmarygí)condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
Hungarian kamrafibrilláció
  • kamrafibrillációcondition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
Italian fibrillazione ventricolare
  • fibrillazione ventricolarecondition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
Polish migotanie komór
  • migotanie komórcondition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
Russian фибрилля́ция желу́дочков
  • фибрилля́ция желу́дочков (fibrilljácija želúdočkov)condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
Swedish ventrikelflimmer, kammarflimmer
  • ventrikelflimmercondition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
  • kammarflimmercondition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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ventricular fibrillation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventricular%20fibrillation

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ventricular fibrillation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventricular%20fibrillation.

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