the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.Cardiac output
the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time; "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute"
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the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.(biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.the passage of electricity through a conductor
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.(chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for na…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.In physics, the property of a material to conduct heat.; "When a material undergoes a phase change from solid to liquid or from liquid…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Physics, Medical physiology.(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.Words connected by meaning
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Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.The total amount an economy can produce at different price levels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries; "arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow wate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amount, blood, pumped, ventricles, given.an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…
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