CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiopulmonary arrest mean? • CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST (noun)
The noun CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
asystole; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary arrest
Hypernyms ("cardiopulmonary arrest" is a kind of...):
pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)
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