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Adams-Stokes syndrome
[ad-uh
mz-stohks] 
–noun
| Pathology. Stokes-Adams syndrome. |
Also called Adams-Stokes disease.
Stokes-Adams syndrome
[stohks-ad-uhmz] –noun Medicine/Medical.
| unconsciousness accompanying atrioventricular heart block, sometimes characterized by weakness, irregular pulse, and intermittent convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures. |
Origin:
named after W. Stokes (1804–78), and R. Adams (1791–1875), Irish physicians
named after W. Stokes (1804–78), and R. Adams (1791–1875), Irish physicians
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Adams-Stokes syndrome Ad·ams-Stokes syndrome (ād'əmz-)
n.
An occasional temporary stoppage or extreme slowing of the pulse as a result of heart block, causing dizziness, fainting, and sometimes convulsions. Also called Morgagni's disease, Spens' syndrome, Stokes-Adams disease, Stokes-Adams syndrome.
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