VFib

[vee-fib]

abbreviation

Pathology.

1. ventricular fibrillation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of VFib¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

When Greenough recognized that the patient was in ventricular fibrillation, or Vfib, he urged the other two to shock the patient.

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“I think they kind of saw that I had kind of taken charge at that point. By me saying, ‘Hey, shock him, this is a Vfib,’ they kind of saw that I knew what I was doing.”

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