Definitions of pacemaker [ˈpeɪsˌmeɪ kər]

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Definition of 'pacemaker'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pacemaker
an electronic device surgically implanted beneath the skin to provide a normal heartbeat by electrical stimulation of the heart muscle.

2. pacemaker
any specialized body tissue governing a rhythmic physiological activity, esp. the sinoatrial node that regulates heartbeat.

Etymology: (1880–85)

Definition of 'pacemaker'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pacesetter, pacemaker
a leading instance in its field
"the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations"

2. (noun) pacemaker, cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node, SA node
a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

3. (noun) pacemaker, artificial pacemaker
an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker

4. (noun) pacer, pacemaker, pacesetter
a horse used to set the pace in racing

Translation of 'pacemaker'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an electronic device to make the heart beats regular or stronger.
Afrikaans: pasmaker	Arabic: جِهاز تَنظيم دقّات القَلب	Bulgarian: пейсмейкър
Brazilian: marca-passo	Czech: kardiostimulátor	German: der Herzschrittmacher
Danish: pacemaker	Greek: βηματοδότης	Spanish: marcapasos
Estonian: südamestimulaator	Farsi: دستگاه تنظیم ضربان قلب	Finnish: sydämentahdistin
French: stimulateur cardiaque	Hebrew: קוֹצב-לֵב	Hindi: पेसमेकर, हृदय को ठीक से स
Croatian: regulator srca	Hungarian: szívritmus-szabályozó	Indonesian: pemacu jantung
Icelandic: gangráður	Italian: pacemaker	Japanese: ペースメーカー
Korean: 심장박동조절장치	Lithuanian: širdies stimuliatorius	Latvian: sirds stimulators
Malay: perentak jantung	Dutch: pacemaker	Norwegian: pacemaker
Polish: elektroniczny stymulator	Persian: دستگاه تنظیم ضربان قلب	Pashto: د قلب د تنظیم دستګاه
Portuguese: pacemaker	Romanian: pacemaker, stimulator ca	Russian: электрокардиостимулятор
Slovak: kardiostimulátor	Slovenian: srčni vzpodbujevalnik	Serbian: pejsmejker
Swedish: pacemaker	Thai: อุปกรณ์ไฟฟ้าที่ช่วยให้อัต	Turkish: irkilteç, kalp atış düzen
Taiwanese: 心律調整器	Ukrainian: електрокардіостимулятор	Urdu: دل کي دھڑکن کو جاري رکھنے
Vietnamese: máy điều hoà nhịp tim	Chinese: 起搏器
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