Definitions for pacemaker

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pacemaker pace·mak·er

Spelling: [peys-mey-ker]

IPA: /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪ kər/

Pacemaker is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 282 anagrams from letters in pacemaker (aaceekmpr).

Definitions for pacemaker

noun

1. pacesetter.
2. Medicine/Medical. an electronic device implanted beneath the skin for providing a normal heartbeat by electrical stimulation of the heart muscle, used in certain heart conditions.
3. Anatomy, Physiology. any specialized tissue that governs a rhythmic or cyclic biological activity, as the sinoatrial node of the heart that controls heartbeat.

Origin of pacemaker

First recorded in 1880-85; pace¹ + maker

Examples for pacemaker

The inevitable result is that the shovels move with rhythmic precision, and the slowest man becomes the pacemaker for the rest.

I'm not built for rapid work, but I guess I'll do with you for pacemaker.

In DBS, a neurosurgeon implants electrodes in the brain that attach to a “pacemaker” for the brain.

Then one will come to grips with life, the pacemaker of style.

It is well known that the pacemaker plays his rôle not only in the field of sport but also in the factory.

Behind a rapidly spinning limousine pedalled a grotesquely humped bicyclist, using the car as a pacemaker.