CARDIAC CYCLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next; an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles

Example:

the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("cardiac cycle" is a kind of...):

cycle; oscillation (a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon)

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