Adams-Stokes syndrome

British

/ -ˈstəʊks /

noun

another term for heart block

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Etymology

Origin of Adams-Stokes syndrome

C19: named after R. Adams (1791–1875) and W. Stokes (1804–78), Irish physicians

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