defibrillation

Noun.  the stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.