cardiac_arrest
1. [ noun ] (medicine,pathology) 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
Synonyms: cardiopulmonary_arrest asystole
Related terms: pathology
Similar spelling:   cardiac_valve
  cardiac_cycle
  cardiac_pacemaker
  cardiac_rhythm
  cardiac_plexus
  cardiac_output
  cardiac_muscle
  cardiac_murmur
  cardiac_monitor
  cardiac_massage
  cardiac_tamponade
  cardiac_sphincter
  cardiac_glycoside
  cardiac_glucoside