pacemaker

English

Etymology

pace +‎ maker

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkəɹ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

pacemaker (plural pacemakers)

One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
(anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
(hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.

Translations

one who sets the pace in a race

Chinese:
Mandarin: 帶步人, 带步人 (dàibùrén)
Finnish: vauhdinpitäjä
French: meneur de train m

German: Schrittmacher m, Pacemaker (de) m, Tempomacher (de) m
Italian: lepre (it) f, battistrada (it) m
Serbo-Croatian: pejsmejker (sh) m
Swedish: hare (sv) c, pacemaker (sv) c

anatomy: set of nerves

Finnish: sydänhermo

Spanish: marcapasos (es) m

medical implement

Catalan: marcapassos (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 起搏器 (zh) (qǐbóqì)
Czech: kardiostimulátor m
Finnish: sydämentahdistin (fi), tahdistin
French: stimulateur cardiaque m, pacemaker (fr)
German: Herzschrittmacher (de) m, Pacemaker (de) m
Greenlandic: batteri
Hindi: गतिनिर्धारक यन्ट् m (gatinirdhārak yanṭ)
Italian: pacemaker (it) m

Japanese: ペースメーカー (pēsumēkā)
Maori: mīhini whakataki manawa
Polish: rozrusznik serca m, rozrusznik m
Portuguese: marca-passo (pt) m
Russian: электрокардиостимуля́тор (ru) m (elektrokardiostimuljátor), ЭКС m (EKS), кардиостимуля́тор (ru) m (kardiostimuljátor)
Serbo-Croatian: pejsmejker (sh) m
Spanish: marcapaso m, marcapasos (es) m, estimulador cardíaco m
Swedish: pacemaker (sv) c
Turkish: kalp pili
Welsh: rheolydd calon m

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Translations to be checked

Welsh: ^{(please verify)} amseriadur m, ^{(please verify)} rheoliadur m

Swedish

Etymology

From English pacemaker, used since 1891.

Noun

pacemaker c

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

Declension

Declension of pacemaker
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pacemaker	pacemakern	pacemakrar	pacemakrarna
Genitive	pacemakers	pacemakerns	pacemakrars	pacemakrarnas

Related terms

pacemakerbärare

References

pacemaker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
pacemaker in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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