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Fibrillation

see synonyms of fibrillation

Noun

1. fibrillation

muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination

2. fibrillation

act or process of forming fibrils

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fibrillation

see synonyms of fibrillation
noun
1. 
a local and uncontrollable twitching of muscle fibres, esp of the heart, not affecting the entire muscle. Atrial fibrillation results in rapid and irregular heart and pulse rate. In ventricular fibrillation, the heart stops beating
2. 
irregular twitchings of the muscular wall of the heart, often interfering with the normal rhythmic contractions

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Fibrillation

see synonyms of fibrillation
noun
a rapid, uncoordinated series of contractions of a muscle; esp., such contractions of some portion of the heart muscle, causing irregular heartbeats and sometimes ineffectual pumping of blood

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fibrillation

see synonyms of fibrillation
n.
1. The forming of fibers.
2.
a. Fine, rapid twitching of individual muscle fibers with little or no movement of the muscle as a whole.
b. Rapid uncoordinated twitching movements that replace the normal rhythmic contraction of the heart and may cause a lack of circulation and pulse.

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