asystole

English

Etymology

a- +‎ systole.

Noun

asystole (plural asystoles)

1. (pathology, cardiology) Absence of systole; failure of the heart to contract.

Synonyms

• cardiac arrest
• cardiopulmonary arrest
• flatline

Derived terms

• asystolic
• asystolism

Translations

absence of systole

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 心跳停止 (xīntiào tíngzhǐ)

• Finnish: sydämenpysähdys (fi), asystolia
• Icelandic: sláttarstöðvun (is) f, samdráttarleysi í hjarta n, rafleysa (is) f
• Indonesian: asistol
• Portuguese: assistolia f
• Romanian: asistolie (ro) f