Meaning of FIBRILLATION

Pronunciation:			`fIbru'leyshun
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  act or process of forming fibrils [n]  muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
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	See Also:		atrial fibrillation, branching, fork, forking, ramification, twitch, twitching, vellication, ventricular fibrillation
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Fi`bril*la"tion\, n. The state of being reduced to fibers. --Carpenter.
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		rapid contractions of the heart muscle.
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		Uncoordinated and irregular movements.
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