- fibrillate
- verb (-lated; -lating) Date: circa 1847 intransitive verb to undergo or exhibit fibrillation transitive verb to cause to undergo fibrillation
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fibrillate
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fibrillate — c.1840, from fibrilla (see FIBRIL (Cf. fibril)) + ATE (Cf. ate) (2). Related: Fibrillated; fibrillating … Etymology dictionary
fibrillate — [fib′ri lāt΄] vi., vt. fibrillated, fibrillating to experience or cause to experience fibrillation … English World dictionary
fibrillate — fibrillative, adj. /fuy breuh layt , fib reuh /, v., fibrillated, fibrillating. v.t. 1. to cause to undergo fibrillation. v.i. 2. to undergo fibrillation. [1830 40; FIBRILL(A) + ATE1] * * * … Universalium
fibrillate — verb To make irregular, rapid movements … Wiktionary
fibrillate — 1. To make or to become fibrillar. 2. SYN: fibrillated. 3. To be in a state of fibrillation (3). * * * fi·bril·late fib rə .lāt, fīb vb, lat·ed; lat·ing vi to undergo or exhibit fibrillation vt to cause (as the heart) to undergo fibrillation … Medical dictionary
fibrillate — v. convulse, quiver, twitch (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
fibrillate — [ fʌɪbrɪleɪt, fɪb ] verb 1》 (of a muscle, especially in the heart) make a quivering movement due to uncoordinated contraction of the individual fibrils. 2》 (with reference to a fibre) split up or break into fibrils. Derivatives fibrillation noun … English new terms dictionary
fibrillate — fi·bril·late … English syllables
fibrillate — fi•bril•late [[t]ˈfaɪ brəˌleɪt, ˈfɪb rə [/t]] v. i. v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing pat to undergo or cause to undergo fibrillation • Etymology: 1830–40 fi′bril•la tive, adj … From formal English to slang
fibrillate — /ˈfaɪbrɪleɪt/ (say fuybrilayt), /ˈfɪb / (say fib ) verb (i) to undergo fibrillation. {fibril + l + ate1} …
