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dee-FIBR-il-ayt-uh/ˌdiːˈfɪbrɪleɪtə/

A defibrillator is a machine that gives an electric shock to restore a normal heart rhythm: an automated defibrillator; a public defibrillator. AED is the common short form; pacemaker is a different implant. Map the defibrillator on the site plan, then the access time. Mix-up: defibrillator vs fibrillator; calculator; do not write defibrillator for a first-aid kit with no shock device.

Meaning

A machine that gives an electric shock to restore a normal heart rhythm.

Examples

• “Map the defibrillator on the site plan, then the access time, the first-aid paper said.”
• “A public-access defibrillator featured in the minutes, which is still a named cabinet — quote the grid if given.”

Good to know

an automated / public-access defibrillator; AED. Contrast: pacemaker. Trap: a first-aid kit with no AED. Biology, PE, and H&S. A machine that shocks the heart — map it and quote access time.

Near in meaning

AED, shock kit, resuscitator

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