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nouna very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
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nounthe rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the hearttype of:
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"New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"nounan animating or vital unifying forcetype of:
Definition that contains heartbeat
- shock (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor
- pacemaker a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
- tachycardia abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
- bradycardia abnormally slow heartbeat
- heart block recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
- fetoscope a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat
- atrioventricular block recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
- electronic fetal monitor an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth
- sa node a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
- brain death death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops