Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
pacemaker .
Etymologies
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pacemaker + -like
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Examples
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In June 2003, she became the first patient in London to receive surgically implanted wires to treat depression -- a little pacemakerlike device on the left side of her neck.
THE BODY ELECTRIC 2007
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With deep brain stimulation, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2002 for advanced Parkinson's and has been performed on thousands of patients, a surgeon implants electrodes in the brain, which are then connected to a pacemakerlike device that can be adjusted and turned on and off.
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The procedure involves use of a pacemakerlike device that delivers electrical jolts to the brain.
dispatch.com: RSS 2009
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