Definition of defibrillator in English:
defibrillator
noundiːˈfɪbrɪleɪtədiˈfɪbrəˌleɪdər
Medicine An apparatus used to control heart fibrillation by application of an electric current to the chest wall or heart.
Example sentencesExamples
- The people using a defibrillator to restore normal heart rhythm in places like these usually have had no medical training.
- The medical team had a defibrillator with them and I was resuscitated within a few minutes.
- In the early 1990s, the role of electrical defibrillators gained prominence.
- The only other options are implanted defibrillators that administer electric shocks to the heart, and transplants.
- Other options, defibrillators and heart transplants, are highly invasive and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Definition of defibrillator in US English:
defibrillator
noundēˈfibrəˌlādərdiˈfɪbrəˌleɪdər
Medicine An apparatus used to control heart fibrillation by application of an electric current to the chest wall or heart.
Example sentencesExamples
- The people using a defibrillator to restore normal heart rhythm in places like these usually have had no medical training.
- In the early 1990s, the role of electrical defibrillators gained prominence.
- The only other options are implanted defibrillators that administer electric shocks to the heart, and transplants.
- The medical team had a defibrillator with them and I was resuscitated within a few minutes.
- Other options, defibrillators and heart transplants, are highly invasive and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.