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Cardiopulmonary arrest
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
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
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a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to inf…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.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: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.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: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.Not doing what a contract requires.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreem…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: absence, systole, failure, ventricles, heart.
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