NOUN | event | cardiac cycle | the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next |
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Meaning | The complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next; an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles. | |
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Example | "the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram" | |
Broader | cycle, oscillation | A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon |
Catalan | cicle cardíac |
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