fibrillation
pronunciation
How to pronounce fibrillation in British English:
UK [ˌfɪbrɪ'leɪʃən]
How to pronounce fibrillation in American English:
US [ˌfɪbrə'leɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
- act or process of forming fibrils
Word Origin
- fibrillation (n.)
- 1842, "state of being fibrillar" (that is, "arranged in fibrils"), noun of action from fibrillate (v.). Especially "a quavering in the fibrils of the muscles of the heart" causing irregular beating (1882).
Example
- 1. Atrial fibrillation is much more common than atrial flutter .
- 2. Effect of losartan in treatment of atrial fibrillation .
- 3. To undergo or cause to undergo fibrillation .
- 4. Prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion .
- 5. Specialized atrial fibrillation clinic reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation .