pacemaker - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From pace +‎ maker.

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkəɹ/

pacemaker (plural pacemakers)

  1. (anatomy) Specialized cells which stimulate the heart to beat.

    natural pacemaker

    cardiac pacemaker

  2. (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.

    artificial pacemaker

    • 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy[1], page 73:

      High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators.

  3. (now uncommon) One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
    Synonym: pacesetter

one who sets the pace in a race

anatomy: set of nerves

medical implement

Borrowed from English pacemaker.

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːsˌmeː.kər/
  • Hyphenation: pace‧ma‧ker

pacemaker m (plural pacemakers, diminutive pacemakertje n)

  1. pacemaker (medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat)
  2. pacemaker (one who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others)
    Synonym: gangmaker
    • 1887 June 4, “Binnenland”, in Provinciale Noordbrabantsche en 's Hertogenbossche courant[2], 's Hertogenbosch, page 2:

      Op hunnen weg reden als pacemakers afwisselend voor hen uit de heeren Pruijmboom en van Raden op premier-safeties.

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Unadapted borrowing from English pacemaker.

pacemaker m (plural pacemakers)

  1. pacemaker (device)

Borrowed from English pacemaker.

pacemaker m (invariable)

  1. pacemaker
    Synonym: (rare) segnapassi

Unadapted borrowing from English pacemaker.

pacemaker n (plural pacemakere)

  1. pacemaker

From English pacemaker, used since 1891.

pacemaker c

  1. (sports) a pacemaker, one who sets the pace
  2. (medicine) a pacemaker, an implant that stimulates the heart to beat