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Adams-stokes Syndrome

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Noun

1. adams-stokes syndrome, atrioventricular block, heart block, stokes-adams syndrome

recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat

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Adams-stokes Syndrome

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noun
another term for heart block

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Adams-stokes Syndrome

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n.
An occasional temporary stoppage or extreme slowing of the pulse as a result of heart block, causing dizziness, fainting, and sometimes convulsions. Also called Stokes-Adams syndrome.

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