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ventricular fibrillation
[ ven-trik-yuh-ler fib-ruh-ley-shuhn ]
noun
, Pathology.
- a cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, caused by rapid, chaotic electrical impulses to the ventricles: prevents the heart from pumping blood normally, which leads to a complete loss of blood pressure and pulse, followed rapidly by death if not treated. : VF, VFib. Compare atrial fibrillation ( def ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ventricular fibrillation1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
The rhythm on the monitor was ventricular fibrillation, random electrical oscillations.
From The Daily Beast
The patient had three convulsions and died with edema of lungs about 30 hours after the attack of ventricular fibrillation.
From Project Gutenberg
Recently G. Canby Robinson has seen and made electrocardiograms of a case of ventricular fibrillation.
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