Fibrillation

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  • noun. The forming of fibers.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Fine, rapid twitching of individual muscle fibers with little or no movement of the muscle as a whole.
  • noun. Rapid uncoordinated twitching movements that replace the normal rhythmic contraction of the heart and may cause a lack of circulation and pulse.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being fibrillar or fibrillated.
  • noun. The formation of fibrils.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being reduced to fibers.
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  • noun. The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart.
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  • noun. act or process of forming fibrils
  • noun. muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
    • Word Usage
    "However, for larger and faster gradients applied to the thorax, induced cardiac fibrillation is a real and serious danger."
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