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pacemaker
English
Alternative forms
- (medicine): peacemaker (misconstruction, non-native speakers’ English)
Etymology
pace +? maker
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pe?s?me?k??/
Noun
pacemaker (plural pacemakers)
- One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
- (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
- (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
Descendants
- ? Danish: pacemaker
- ? Swedish: pacemaker
Translations
Swedish
Etymology
From English pacemaker, used since 1891.
Noun
pacemaker c
- (sports) a pacemaker, one who sets the pace
- (medicine) a pacemaker, an implant that stimulates the heart to beat
Declension
Related terms
- pacemakerbärare
References
- pacemaker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- pacemaker in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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defibrillator
English
Etymology
From defibrillate +? -or.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /di??f?b??le?t?(?)/
Noun
defibrillator (plural defibrillators)
- (medicine) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.
Translations
Further reading
- defibrillator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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