FIBRILLATION


Meaning of FIBRILLATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfi-brə-ˈlā-shən, ˌfī- ]

noun

Date: 1845

1. : an act or process of forming fibers or fibrils

2.

a. : a muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination

b. : very rapid irregular contractions of the muscle fibers of the heart resulting in a lack of synchronism between heartbeat and pulse

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.