Cardioversion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, either with medication or by use of a machine (a cardioverter) that delivers a controlled electric current. countable, uncountable

    "The posologies employed require careful clinical and electrical supervision, and the same anticoagulant measures as for electrical cardioversion are necessary."

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"The posologies employed require careful clinical and electrical supervision, and the same anticoagulant measures as for electrical cardioversion are necessary."

Etymology

From cardio- (“heart”) + -version (“changing”). Compare reversion and conversion.

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