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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesasistolia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: asistolia
"El monitor cardíaco mostró una asistolia prolongada."
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A state of no cardiac electrical activity, hence no contractions of the myocardium and no cardiac output or blood flow.
"The cardiac monitor showed persistent asystole, prompting immediate administration of epinephrine and chest compressions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Modern Latin, formed from the Greek prefix a- meaning 'without', the Greek noun systolē meaning 'a drawing together or contraction', derived from systellein. It entered medical terminology in the late 19th century to describe the cessation of cardiac muscular contraction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Asystole" is said worldwide
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asystolie
Transliteration: asistoli
"Le patient est entré en asystolie pendant l'intervention chirurgicale."
Asystolie
Transliteration: asystoli
"Die Herz-Lungen-Wiederbelebung wurde wegen anhaltender Asystolie fortgesetzt."
asistolia
Transliteration: asistolia
"Il tracciato elettrocardiografico indicava una condizione di asistolia."
asistolia
Transliteration: asistolia
"El monitor cardíaco mostró una asistolia prolongada."
assistolia
Transliteration: assistolia
"A assistolia é uma forma grave de parada cardíaca."
एसिस्टोल
Transliteration: esistol
"रोगी के हृदय की गति रुकने को एसिस्टोल कहा जाता है।"
心脏停搏
Transliteration: xīnzhàng tíngbó
"心电监护仪显示患者已经陷入心脏停搏状态。"
심정지
Transliteration: simjeongji
"모니터 화면에 심정지 상태를 나타내는 평선이 나타났다."
心静止
Transliteration: shinseishi
"心電図モニターは持続的な心静止を示していた。"
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