ASYSTOLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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)
   • cardiac arrest (what does cardiac arrest mean?)
   • cardiopulmonary arrest (what does cardiopulmonary arrest mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) asystole is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pathology (what does pathology mean?)