CARDIOVERSION

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CARDIOVERSION

Specialty Definition: CARDIOVERSION

Domain	Definition
Medicine	Electrical reversion of cardiac arrhythmias to normal sinus rhythm, formerly using alternatic current, but now employing direct current. Source: European Union. (references)
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Crosswords: CARDIOVERSION

Specialty definitions using "CARDIOVERSION": Sick Sinus Syndrome. (references)

Commercial Usage: CARDIOVERSION

Domain	Title
Books	Advances in the Treatment of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias: Pacing, Cardioversion, and Defibrillation (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: CARDIOVERSION

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		After cardioversion, drugs are usually prescribed to prevent the arrhythmia from recurring. (references)
		CardioversionTo quickly restore a heart to its normal rhythm, the doctor may apply an electrical shock to the chest wall. Called cardioversion, this treatment is most often used in emergency situations. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: CARDIOVERSION

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
cardioversion	96
electrical cardioversion	7
cardioversion internal	4
cardioversion procedure	3
cardioversion synchronized	2
cardioversion dc	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: CARDIOVERSION

Language		Translations for "CARDIOVERSION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		kardioversion (direct current defibrillation), DC-konvertering (direct current defibrillation), DC-defibrillering (direct current defibrillation). (various references)

Dutch		cardioversie (direct current defibrillation). (various references)

French		cardioversion. (various references)

German		Cardioversion (direct current defibrillation), Synchrondefibrillation (direct current defibrillation), Kardioversion (direct current defibrillation), Gleichstromdefibrillation (direct current defibrillation), Elektroreduktion (direct current defibrillation), Elektrokonversion (direct current defibrillation). (various references)

Greek		απινιδισμός δια συνεχούς ρεύματος (direct current defibrillation). (various references)

Italian		cardioversione elettrica (direct current defibrillation), cardioversione (direct current defibrillation). (various references)

Pig Latin		ardioversioncay

Portuguese		cardioversão (direct current defibrillation), electrocardioconversão (direct current defibrillation). (various references)

Spanish		cardioversión (direct current defibrillation), cardiorreversión, desfibrilación por corriente continua (direct current defibrillation). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: CARDIOVERSION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-n-o-o-r-r-s-v"
	-3 letters: carnivores, corianders, coronaries, eicosanoid, ordinaries.
	-4 letters: acridines, carnivore, codrivers, cordovans, coriander, corrasion, corrasive, corrodies, corrosive, diversion, divorcers, ordainers, reordains, varicosed, veronicas, voidances.
	-5 letters: acridine, adorners, aneroids, aversion, avionics, avodires, avoiders, cardoons, carrions, codeinas, codriven, codriver, codrives, condores, consider, cordovan, corodies, coroners, corrades, corridas, corrodes, corvinas, crinoids, crooners, decision, derision, diocesan, discover, diviners, divorcer.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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