Fibrillation

Fibrillation

1) An act or process of forming fibres or fibrils.

2) A muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibres acting without coordination.

3) Very rapid irregular contractions of the muscle fibres of the heart resulting in a lack of synchronism between heartbeat and pulse.

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Category: Genetic disorders
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