Definitions For Cardioversion

Noun

CARDIOVERSION. (countable and uncountable, plural CARDIOVERSIONs) The treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, either with medication or by use of a machine (a cardioverter) that delivers a controlled electric current.

Hyponyms

electrocardioversion

Coordinate terms

defibrillation

Derived terms

precardioversion postcardioversion

Related terms

cardiovert

Translations

Catalan: cardioversió, f Finnish: kardioversio Spanish: cardioversión, f

Etymology

From {{af, en, cardio-, version}}. cardio- is from {{der, en, grc, καρδία}}. The second term is by analogy and can be any term from {{m+, la, verso}} like invert or revert. The mixing of Latin and Greek morphemes suggests that this was coined in English.

See also

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Is Cardioversion a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
22

The word Cardioversion is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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