ASYSTOLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death

Synonyms:

asystole; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary arrest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("asystole" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

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