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語源

From cardio- +‎ version. cardio- is from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía). The second term is by analogy and can be any term from Latin verso like invert or revert. The mixing of Latin and Greek morphemes suggests that this was coined in English.

名詞

cardioversion (countable and uncountable, plural cardioversions)

1. The treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, either with medication or by use of a machine (a cardioverter) that delivers a controlled electric current.
   • 2012, Y. Grosgogeat, “Cerebral Ischemic Accidents of Cardiac Origin”, in Jacques Bories, editor, Cerebral Ischaemia: A Neuroradiological Study (Neuroradiology; volume 27, number 6), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 130:

     The posologies employed require careful clinical and electrical supervision, and the same anticoagulant measures as for electrical cardioversion are necessary.

下位語

• electrocardioversion

等位語

• defibrillation

派生語

• precardioversion
• postcardioversion

関連する語

• cardiovert

参考

• cardioversion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia