cardioplegia

[kahr-dee-oh-plee-jee-uh, -juh]

noun

1. the temporary arresting of the heartbeat during cardiac surgery by any of various methods, especially by injection of chemical substances.

cardioplegia

/ ˌkɑːdɪəʊˈpliːdʒɪə /

noun

1. med deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardioplegia¹

cardio- + -plegia

Example Sentences

Over the summer, physicians at Ruby Memorial Hospital in West Virginia returned a bag of cardioplegia solution used in heart surgery after a patient did not respond as expected.

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