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ASYSTOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does asystole mean? 

ASYSTOLE (noun)
  The noun ASYSTOLE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ASYSTOLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ASYSTOLE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

asystole; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary arrest

Hypernyms ("asystole" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)


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