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ventricular fibrillation

noun

Medical Definition of VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION

:  very rapid uncoordinated fluttering contractions of the ventricles of the heart resulting in loss of synchronization between heartbeat and pulse beat—abbreviation VF, V-fib

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