asystole
asystole · asystoles
асистолия
An absence of a systoleAn absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.
Meaning
1 sensesAn absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.
асистоли́яasistolíja
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
Translations
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By meaning 1
absence of systole:
Origin
From a- + systole.From a- + systole.
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Forms
plural: asystolesSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in 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:cardiac arrestcardiopulmonary arrest