asystole
pronunciation
How to pronounce asystole in British English:
UK ['əsɪstəʊl]
How to pronounce asystole in American English:
US ['əsɪstoʊl]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- asystole (n.)
- 1860, from Modern Latin, from Greek a-, privative prefix (see a- (3)), + systole "contraction" (see systole).
Example
- 1. Success in resuscitation of asystole for 6 times due to heart penetration injury : a case .