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n. - An electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation.

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  • She also tried to use an automatic defibrillator, which is designed to restart someone's heart.
  • And when they could, they then implanted a defibrillator, that is a sort of a pacemaker-plus, as the vice president calls it.
  • The heart's output is quite low when this kind of defibrillator is used as a remedy, but it's an effective remedy.
  • FRYHOFER: We're going to go get the defibrillator.
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