Stokes-Adams syndrome

Definitions of Stokes-Adams syndrome
  1. noun
    recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
    synonyms: Adams-Stokes syndrome, atrioventricular block, heart block
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    type of:
    arrhythmia, cardiac arrhythmia
    an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart
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