pacemaker — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. Specialized cells which stimulate the heart to beat.

   Beispiele

   natural pacemaker

   cardiac pacemaker

2. A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.

   Gebrauch

   • broadly

   Beispiele

   artificial pacemaker

   High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators.

3. One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.

   Gebrauch

   • wenig gebräuchlich

   Synonyme

   pacesetter

Substantiv

1. a leading instance in its field

   Synonyme

   pacesetter

   Oberbegriffe

   exemplarexamplemodelgood example

   Beispiele

   the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations

2. a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

   Synonyme

   cardiac pacemakersinoatrial nodeSA node

   Oberbegriffe

   cardiac muscleheart muscle

3. an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker

   Synonyme

   artificial pacemaker

   Oberbegriffe

   electronic device

4. a horse used to set the pace in racing

   Synonyme

   pacerpacesetter

   Oberbegriffe

   racehorserace horsebangtail