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Fibrillation logo #10101) Cardiac arrhythmium 2) First-person adventure game 3) The formation of fibrils 4) Twitch 5) Twitching 6) Vellication 7) Windows game
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Fibrillation logo #21000 Fibrillation is the rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of muscle fibers. An important occurrence is with regard to the heart. ==Cardiology== There are two major classes of cardiac fibrillation: atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation. Fibrillation may sometimes be used after heart surgery to stop the heart from beating while...
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Fibrillation logo #21002• (n.) The state of being reduced to fibers.
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fibrillation logo #21005a small, local, involuntary contraction of muscle, invisible under the skin, resulting from spontaneous activation of single muscle cells or muscle fibres.
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fibrillation logo #22226Uncontrollable twitching of muscle fibers of the heart.
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fibrillation logo #21142muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibres acting without co-ordination
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fibrillation logo #20973<physiology> A small, local, involuntary contraction of muscle, invisible under the skin, resulting from spontaneous activation of single muscle cells or muscle fibres. ... (12 Nov 1997) ...
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fibrillation logo #21001(fib″rĭ-la´shәn) a small, local, involuntary, muscular contraction, due to spontaneous activation of single muscle cells or muscle fibers. the quality of being made up of fibrils. the initial degenerative changes in osteoarthritis, marked by softening of the articular cartilage and...
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Fibrillation logo #10444A rapid and chaotic beating of the many individual muscle fibres of the heart, which is consequently unable to maintain effective synchronous contraction. The affected part of the heart then ceases to pump blood.
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Fibrillation logo #20972Fi`bril·la'tion noun The state of being reduced to fibers. Carpenter.
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fibrillation logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: fī-bri-lā′shŭn, fib-rĭ- Definitions: 1. The condition of being fibrillated. 2. The formation of fibrils. 3. Exceedingly rapid contractions or twitching of muscular fibrils, but not of the muscle as a whole. 4. Vermicular twitching, usually slow, of individual muscular fibers; commonly occurs in at...
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Fibrillation logo #20909Fibrillation: In matters of the heart (cardiology), fibrillation is incoordinate twitching of the heart muscle fibers. The difference between fibrillation and flutter is that fibrillation is not well organized while flutter is. For example, atrial flutter is regular, organized but over-rapid contraction of the atrium of the heart. By contrast in at...
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fibrillation logo #21510(fib;ru1-la;shun) A condition of cardiac muscle characterized electrically by random and continuously changing patterns of electrical activity and resulting in the inability of the myocardium to contract as a unit and pump blood. It can be fatal if it occurs in the ventricles.
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Fibrillation logo #21217Fibrillation is a local and uncontrollable twitching of muscle fibres, not affecting the entire muscle.
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fibrillation logo #22229an uncoordinated, quivering of the heart muscle resulting in a completely irregular pulse
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fibrillation logo #20400[n] - muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination 2. [n] - act or process of forming fibrils
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fibrillation logo #21009fibrillation 1. A small, local, involuntary, muscular contraction, as a result of the spontaneous activation of single muscle cells or muscle fibers. 2. Muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination. 3. The formation of fibrils or fibers. 4. A rapid chaotic beating of the heart muscles in which the affected pa...
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Fibrillation logo #20875rapid, inefficient contraction of muscle fibres of the heart caused by disruption of nerve impulses
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fibrillation logo #20974 noun muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
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Fibrillation logo #22233The fibers of the heart muscle contracting rapidly, in an uncoordinated manner. Unless it is stopped, this condition can be fatal.
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fibrillation logo #23324A fibrillar, striated pattern seen on cartilage undergoing early degenerative change
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fibrillation logo #21199the formation of fibrils. · uncontrolled twitching or quivering of muscular fibrils.
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fibrillation logo #23317rapid, irregular, and weak contractions of the heart muscles. Atrial fibrillation refers to rapid irregular and weak contractions of the atria with correspondingly rapid and irregular contractions of the ventricles, often resulting in palpitations. Ventricular fibrillation refers to rapid, irregular, and weak contractions of the ventricles, result...
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Fibrillation logo #23264Rapid, uncoordinated contractions of individual heart muscle fibers. The heart chamber involved can’t contract all at once and pumps blood ineffectively, if at all.
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fibrillation logo #23665 muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without
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