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ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Adams-Stokes syndrome mean? 

ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeatplay

  Familiarity information: ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.


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ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Adams-Stokes syndrome; atrioventricular block; heart block; Stokes-Adams syndrome

Hypernyms ("Adams-Stokes syndrome" is a kind of...):

arrhythmia; cardiac arrhythmia (an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart)


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