A device that sends an electrical shock to the heart to restore a normal heart rhythm is abbreviated as a(n) ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
AED
AED is an acronym for automatic external defibrillator. Defibrillation uses a nonsynchronized electrical shock to terminate ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia and revert it to a normal rhythm. The term deconstructs into the suffix -ation meaning action, process, prefix de- meaning without, take away and root -fibrill- meaning small fiber.
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