Definitions for pacemakers

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pacemakers pace·mak·er

Spelling: [peys-mey-ker]

IPA: /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪ kər/

Pacemakers is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 622 anagrams from letters in pacemakers (aaceekmprs).

Definitions for pacemakers

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 pacemakers

First recorded in 1880-85; pace¹ + maker

Examples for pacemakers

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

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

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

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

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

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