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    CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST

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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 deathplay

    Synonyms:

    asystole; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary arrest

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("cardiopulmonary arrest" is a kind of...):

    pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

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