fibrillate

/ˌfɪbrəˈleɪt/
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Other forms: fibrillating; fibrillated; fibrillates

Definitions of fibrillate
  1. verb
    make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements
    “His heart fibrillated and he died”
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    type of:
    jerk, twitch
    make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
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