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Defibrillation

Definition: Defibrillation refers to the medical procedure of delivering an electric shock to the heart in order to restore normal rhythm during a cardiac arrest.

Sense 1:

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: The act or process of administering an electric shock to the heart as a treatment for life-threatening arrhythmias, such as ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia.

Example sentence: The paramedics performed defibrillation on the patient to revive their heart after they went into sudden cardiac arrest.

Sense 2:

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: The state or condition resulting from defibrillation.

Example sentence: After successful defibrillation, the patient's heartbeat returned to a normal rhythm.

Sense 3:

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: To administer an electric shock to the heart in order to restore normal rhythm during a cardiac arrest.

Example sentence: The doctor quickly defibrillated the patient to prevent further damage to their heart.

Sense 4:

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: To convert an abnormal cardiac rhythm back to normal using defibrillation.

Example sentence: The paramedics successfully defibrillated the patient's heart and saved their life.

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