ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("atrioventricular block" is a kind of...):

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

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