de·fi·bril·late
[dee-fahy-bruh-leyt, -fib-ruh-]
–verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing. Medicine/Medical .
to arrest the fibrillation of (heart muscle) by applying electric shock across the chest, thus depolarizing the heart cells and allowing normal rhythm to return.
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