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defibrillate
de·fib·ril·late [ dee fíbbrə làyt, dee fbrə làyt ] (past and past participle de·fib·ril·lat·ed, present participle de·fib·ril·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular de·fib·ril·lates)


transitive verb 
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stimulate heart electrically: to apply an electric shock to the chest, or sometimes directly to the heart itself, in order to restore a regular heartbeat after a critically irregular beat has developed

de·fib·ril·la·tion [ dee fìbbrə láysh'n, dee fbrə láysh'n ] noun
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