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Pacemaker   Listen
noun
pacemaker  n.  (Physiol. & Anat.)
1.
A specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat.
Synonyms: cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node.
2.
An implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker (1); used to assist people whose heartbeat is irregular.
Synonyms: artificial pacemaker.
3.
A horse used to set the pace in racing.
Synonyms: pacer, pacesetter.






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"Pacemaker" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'phone and calls up Pinckney at the club. Didn't I tell you about him? Sure, that's the one. You wouldn't think though, to see him and me tappin' each other with the mitts, that he was a front ranker in the smart push. But he's all of that. He's a pacemaker for the swiftest bunch in the world. Say, if he should take to walkin' on his hands, there wouldn't be no men's shoes sold on ...
— Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford



Words linked to "Pacemaker" :   artificial pacemaker, cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node, race horse, pacesetter, model, good example, heart muscle, SA node, example, exemplar, electronic device



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