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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)

  1. One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
  2. (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
  3. (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

  1. (sports) a pacemaker, one who sets the pace
  2. (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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pacesetters

English

Noun

pacesetters

  1. plural of pacesetter

Anagrams

  • streetscape

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