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fibrillation

1) Chaotic rapid contraction or twitching of atrial or ventricular muscle 2) Fine, rarely visible, twitching of single muscle fibers, seen with peripheral motor nerve injury 3) cartilage fibrillation

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atrial fibrillation (AF) cartilage fibrillation ventricular fibrillation (V Fib)

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Clinical Anatomy Made Rediculously Simple. Stephen Golderg, MedMaster Inc, Miami, 1995