[
US
/ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkɝ/
]
[ UK /pˈeɪsmeɪkɐ/ ]
[ UK /pˈeɪsmeɪkɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a horse used to set the pace in racing
-
a leading instance in its field
the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations - a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
- an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker
How To Use pacemaker In A Sentence
- SSS patients received AAI , DDD or VVI mode pacemakers werefollowed - up in out - patient clinic.
- It is similar to a heart pacemaker, sending tiny electrical currents, which in some patients reduces physical tremor and restores control of the limbs. Times, Sunday Times
- Bad horses will not do a job in any Group 1 as pacemakers - you have to run quality horses as pacemakers.
- Our own internal pacemaker tunes our mental and physical energy levels more or less to the cycles of sunlight.
- Medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, cochlear implants, and bone growth stimulators are valuable tools in the treatment of patients with multiple medical needs.
- Cardiac arrhythmias or syncope clearly associated with a fall should be treated with antiarrhythmics or a pacemaker in consultation with a cardiologist.
- It's out at the end of this month - but is not suitable for anyone with a heart pacemaker. Times, Sunday Times
- On the third lap his pacemaker moved aside as El Guerrouj put in a 55-second lap.
- Examples are hip joint replacement, cataract extraction, prostate resection, and cardiac pacemaker insertion.
- Two days after admission, the lidocaine and erythromycin were discontinued and a transvenous pacemaker was positioned in the right ventricular apex.