fibrillation
English Thesaurus
1. act or process of forming fibrils (noun.act)
2. muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | twitch, twitching, vellication, |
| definition | : | a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | atrial fibrillation, |
| definition | : | fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | ventricular fibrillation, |
| definition | : | fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly leading to cardiac arrest (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | fibrillate, |
| definition | : | make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | fibrillate, |
| definition | : | make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements (verb.body) |
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