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Where does “defibrillation” come from?

Defibrillation comes from the prefix de- (Latin) meaning removal or reversal, combined with fibrillation, ultimately tracing back to Proto-Indo-European de meaning away or from.

defibrillation (English): The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in...

Definitions

  1. The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in...

Ancestry of “defibrillation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfibrillationThe rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized...
2English-ationAn action or process; The result of an action or...
3Middle English-aciounForms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,...
4Old French-ation-ation
5Latin-ātiō—
6Latin-tiō—
7Latindissertātiō—
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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