heart block


nounPathology.
  1. a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.

Origin of heart block

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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heart block

noun
  1. impaired conduction or blocking of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat, resulting in a lack of coordination between the beating of the atria and the ventricles: Also called: Adams-Stokes syndrome, atrioventricular block

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