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cardioplegia

American

[kahr-dee-oh-plee-jee-uh, -juh] / ˌkɑr di oʊˈpli dʒi ə, -dʒə /

noun

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

cardioplegia British

/ ˌkɑːdɪəʊˈpliːdʒɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cardioplegia

cardio- + -plegia

Example Sentences

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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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