Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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asystole | Yes | No | No | No |
cardiac arrest | Yes | No | No | No |
asystole (noun) | cardiac arrest (noun) |
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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 | 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 |