Found 2 items, similar to Asystole.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: asystole asystole n : 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 [syn: cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Asystole Asystole \A*sys"to*le\, n. [Pref. a- not + systole.] (Physiol.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart. [1913 Webster]