pacemaker
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English
Alternative forms
- (medicine): peacemaker (misconstruction, non-native speakers’ English)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pacemaker (plural pacemakers)
- One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
- (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
- (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
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
French
Noun
pacemaker m (plural pacemakers)
- pacemaker (device)
Further reading
- “pacemaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English pacemaker.
Noun
pacemaker n (plural pacemakere)
Declension
Declension of pacemaker
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) pacemaker | pacemakerul | (niște) pacemakere | pacemakerele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) pacemaker | pacemakerului | (unor) pacemakere | pacemakerelor |
| vocative | pacemakerule | pacemakerelor | ||
Swedish
Etymology
From English pacemaker, used since 1891.
Noun
pacemaker c
- (sports) a pacemaker, one who sets the pace
- (medicine) a pacemaker, an implant that stimulates the heart to beat
Declension
| Declension of pacemaker | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pacemaker | pacemakern | pacemakrar | pacemakrarna |
| Genitive | pacemakers | pacemakerns | pacemakrars | pacemakrarnas |