fibrillate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Other Word Forms
- fibrillative adjective
Etymology
Origin of fibrillate
First recorded in 1830–40; fibrill(a) + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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His heart was beating in the 140s, its upper chambers fibrillating.
From New York Times
It was not beating, but it was fibrillating.
From Washington Post
My wife stopped taking 1.2 grams of fish oil daily and stopped fibrillating.
From Seattle Times
Once liberated, I hit Water Street and from there it was a straight trajectory to the fibrillating heart of town.
From Literature
The coroner said his heart, fibrillating, stopped pumping blood to his organs, starving his brain of oxygen.
From Reuters
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