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An abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver instead of pumping normally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences
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fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly leading to cardiac arrest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cardiac arrhythmia, arrhythmia, fibrillation
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رجفان بطيني
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Chinese Mandarin:
室顫 /室颤
(shìchàn)
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Finnish:
kammiovärinä
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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French:
fibrillation ventriculaire
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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German:
Kammerflimmern
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Greek:
κοιλιακή μαρμαρυγή
(koiliakí marmarygí)
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Hungarian:
kamrafibrilláció
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Italian:
fibrillazione ventricolare
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Polish:
migotanie komór
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Russian:
фибрилля́ция желу́дочков
(fibrilljácija želúdočkov)
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Serbo-Croatian:
ventrikularna fibrilacija
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Serbo-Croatian:
treperenje klijetki
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Swedish:
ventrikelflimmer
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly
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Swedish:
kammarflimmer
— condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly