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noun 
  1. One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
  2. (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
  3. (context, hence) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
Translations: 
  • French: stimulateur cardiaque , pacemaker
  • German: Herzschrittmacher(de)m
  • Italian: pacemaker(it)m
  • Spanish: marcapaso , marcapasos , estimulador cardí­aco
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