ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atrioventricular block mean? 

• ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK (noun)
  The noun ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK (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 ("atrioventricular block" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block may be associated with maternal connective tissue disorders.

(Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by an electrocardiographic finding of a complete atrioventricular block that manifests during fetal life or soon after birth.

(Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block, NCI Thesaurus)