pacemaker

Noun

Meaning

an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker

a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

a horse used to set the pace in racing

a leading instance in its field

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It is an irony of history that the public sector union, my union, in which I am a member for over 50 years, that imagines that the public service should be the pacemaker in the wage increase. One must be crazy. Helmut Schmidt

The doctor must have put my pacemaker in wrong. Every time my husband kisses me, the garage door goes up. Minnie Pearl

I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker. Kamisese Mara

At some point in every person's life, you will need an assisted medical device - whether it's your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us. Aimee Mullins

This is the pain pacemaker. I've got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the spine where they cut bone away to accommodate it. Now I put on the power here. If I have the pain, the stimulator starts. It's tingling, like when your foot falls asleep, you know? Jerry Lewis

Under Medicare right now, I get paid to put a pacemaker in you, but I don't get paid to counsel you about end-of-life care. Richard Dooling

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