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カウンターショック Japanese meaning | Kotomora

カウンターショック

also: カウンタショック

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Meanings

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countershock

Medical term for the application of an electric shock to the heart to restore normal rhythm, typically in defibrillation or cardioversion.

心しん室しつ細さい動どうの患かん者じゃにカウンター

ショック

を

行おこな

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た

。

Countershock was performed on the patient with ventricular fibrillation.

Related words

除じょ細さい動どう
除細動 is the Japanese term for defibrillation, while カウンターショック is the borrowed English term used in medical contexts.
電でん気きショック
電気ショック is a broader term for electric shock, not limited to medical cardiac treatment.

Built from

カウンター+ショック

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'countershock', a medical term coined in the mid-20th century.