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ASYSTOLE
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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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