heart block

nounPathology.

a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.

Origin of heart block

First recorded in 1900–05

Words Nearby heart block

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How to use heart block in a sentence

We may define heart block as the condition in which the auricles and ventricles beat independently of each other.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: | Louis Marshall Warfield
In this manner we are able to distinguish between functional and organic heart block.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: | Louis Marshall Warfield
Overdosing with digitalis has produced partial heart block in many cases.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: | Louis Marshall Warfield
Digitalis has been found to produce partial to complete heart block when therapeutically administered.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: | Louis Marshall Warfield

British Dictionary definitions for heart block

heart block

noun

impaired conduction or blocking of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat, resulting in a lack of coordination between the beating of the atria and the ventricles: Also called: Adams-Stokes syndrome, atrioventricular block

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