pacemaker
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (medicine): peacemaker (misconstruction, non-native speakers’ English)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pacemaker (plural pacemakers)
- (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
- natural pacemaker
- cardiac pacemaker
- (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
- artificial pacemaker
- (now uncommon) One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
- Synonym: pacesetter
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]one who sets the pace in a race
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anatomy: set of nerves
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medical implement
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See also
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]pacemaker m (plural pacemakers)
- pacemaker (device)
Further reading
[edit]- “pacemaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English pacemaker.
Noun
[edit]pacemaker n (plural pacemakere)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | pacemaker | pacemakerul | pacemakere | pacemakerele | |
| genitive-dative | pacemaker | pacemakerului | pacemakere | pacemakerelor | |
| vocative | pacemakerule | pacemakerelor | |||
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English pacemaker, used since 1891.
Noun
[edit]pacemaker c
- (sports) a pacemaker, one who sets the pace
- (medicine) a pacemaker, an implant that stimulates the heart to beat
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | pacemaker | pacemakers |
| definite | pacemakern | pacemakerns | |
| plural | indefinite | pacemakrar | pacemakrars |
| definite | pacemakrarna | pacemakrarnas |
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