pacemaker

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkəɹ/

Noun

pacemaker (plural pacemakers)

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. (hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.

Translations

• French: meneur de train
• German: Schrittmacher, Pacemaker, Tempomacher
• Italian: lepre, battistrada

Translations

• Spanish: marcapasos

Translations

• French: stimulateur cardiaque, pacemaker
• German: Herzschrittmacher, Pacemaker
• Italian: pacemaker
• Portuguese: marca-passo
• Russian: электрокардиостимуля́тор
• Spanish: marcapaso, marcapasos, estimulador cardíaco

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