pacemaker

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (medicine): peacemaker (misconstruction, non-native speakers’ English)

Etymology[edit]

pace +‎ maker

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkəɹ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

pacemaker (plural pacemakers)

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  1. One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
  2. (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
  3. (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Danish: pacemaker
  • Swedish: pacemaker

Translations[edit]

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See also[edit]

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

pacemaker m (plural pacemakers)

  1. pacemaker (device)

Further reading[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English pacemaker.

Noun[edit]

pacemaker n (plural pacemakere)

  1. pacemaker

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English pacemaker, used since 1891.

Noun[edit]

pacemaker c

  1. (sports) a pacemaker, one who sets the pace
  2. (medicine) a pacemaker, an implant that stimulates the heart to beat

Declension[edit]

Declension of pacemaker 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pacemaker pacemakern pacemakrar pacemakrarna
Genitive pacemakers pacemakerns pacemakrars pacemakrarnas

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