Stokes-Adams syndrome

[ stohks-ad-uhmz ]

nounPathology.

unconsciousness accompanying atrioventricular heart block, sometimes characterized by weakness, irregular pulse, and intermittent convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures.

Origin of Stokes-Adams syndrome

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

Also called Stokes-Adams disease, Adams-Stokes syndrome [ad-uhmz-stohks], /ˈæd əmzˈstoʊks/, Adams-Stokes disease .

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How to use Stokes-Adams syndrome in a sentence

It should never be given to patients with very slow pulses, the subjects of Stokes-Adams syndrome.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: | Louis Marshall Warfield

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