defibrillation
/diːˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən/noun
defibrillation is a noun meaning “The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-F-I-B-R-I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 10 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of defibrillation is defibrillations.
What does defibrillation mean?
noun
- 1
The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce defibrillation?
- UK /diːˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of defibrillation
- defibrillations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is defibrillation?
Defibrillation appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Defibrillation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense stopping of the fibrillation of the heart:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | défibrillation |
| German | Defibrillation |
| Portuguese | desfibrilação |
| Spanish | desfibrilación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does defibrillation come from?
From de- + fibrillation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).