Adams-Stokes disease — Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent pulse resulting in syncope (fainting) with or without convulsions. In this condition, the normal heartbeat passing from the upper chambers… … Medical dictionary
Adams-Stokes syndrome — noun recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat • Syn: ↑heart block, ↑Stokes Adams syndrome, ↑atrioventricular block • Hypernyms: ↑cardiac arrhythmia, ↑arrhythmia * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Adams-Stokes syndrome — /ad euhmz stohks / Pathol. See Stokes Adams syndrome. Also called Adams Stokes disease. * * * … Universalium
Stokes-Adams syndrome — Stokes Ad·ams syndrome .stōks ad əmz n fainting and convulsions induced by complete heart block with a pulse rate of 40 beats per minute or less called also Adams Stokes attack, Adams Stokes disease, Adams Stokes syndrome, Stokes Ad … Medical dictionary
Stokes-Adams syndrome — noun recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat • Syn: ↑heart block, ↑Adams Stokes syndrome, ↑atrioventricular block • Hypernyms: ↑cardiac arrhythmia, ↑arrhythmia * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Stokes-Adams syndrome — /stohks ad euhmz/, Med. unconsciousness accompanying atrioventricular heart block, sometimes characterized by weakness, irregular pulse, and intermittent convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures. Also, Stokes Adams disease, Adams Stokes syndrome,… … Universalium
Stokes Adams attack — Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent pulse resulting in syncope (fainting) with or without convulsions. In this condition, the normal heartbeat passing from the upper chambers… … Medical dictionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Adams — Sir William, British surgeon, 1760–1829. Robert, Irish physician, 1791–1875. See A. Stokes disease, Stokes A. disease, A. Stokes syncope, A. Stokes syndrome, Stokes A. syndrome, Morgagni A. Stokes syndrome … Medical dictionary
Stokes — Sir George Gabriel, British physicist and mathematician, 1819–1903. See stoke, S. law (2), S. law (3). William, Irish physician, 1804–1878. See S. law (1), Cheyne S. psychosis, Cheyne S. respiration, S. Adams disease, Adams S. disease, Morgagni… … Medical dictionary
Stokes-Ad|ams disease — «STOHKS AD uhmz», a slow, progressive degeneration of the heart muscle, accompanied by fainting and dizzy spells, convulsions, dropsy, slow pulse, and shortness of breath. ╂[< William Stokes, 1804 1878, and Robert Adams, 1791 1875, Irish… … Useful english dictionary
