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defibrillation

noun

Treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)

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Word length
14
Starts with
D
Ends with
N
Contains
EF
Scrabble score
20

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diːˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən

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noun

  1. Treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)

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