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English Dictionary: Asystole by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
asystole
n
  1. absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
    Synonym(s): asystole, cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Asystole \A*sys"to*le\, n. [Pref. a- not + systole.] (Physiol.)
      A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the
      heart.
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