what does cardiac arrest mean?

CARDIAC ARREST as NOUN

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