Fibrillate (Verb)
Meaning
Make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements; "His heart fibrillated and he died".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The patient's heart began to fibrillate and lose its rhythm during the cardiac arrest.
- Her rapid eye movements seemed to fibrillate wildly as she watched the chaotic scene unfolding before her.
- The cardiologist carefully monitored the ECG as her heart started to fibrillate and intervened swiftly to save her life.
- As he strained every muscle in his body, his facial muscles started to fibrillate with exhaustion and fatigue.
- The rapid, uncoordinated contractions of his vocal cords caused his voice to fibrillate in a series of irregular tremors.