English words for 'That modulates the functioning of the heart'
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noun
- a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
- (anatomy) Specialized cells which stimulate the heart to beat.
- a leading instance in its field
- an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker
- a horse used to set the pace in racing
- (now uncommon) One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
- (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
noun
- (physiology) The performance of cardiac muscle.
- The extent to which something contracts or shrinks.
- The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles).
- the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
noun
- The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.
- A very short space of time; an instant.
- One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
- (computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.
- A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- an animating or vital unifying force
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noun
- a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
- (medicine, cardiology) Specialized heart muscle cells that transmit electrical impulses from the AV node in the heart to the muscle cells of the heart wall, which contract in response producing the heart beat.
noun
- inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions
- (cardiology, pathology) The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest.
- (cardiology, pathology) The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath.
noun
- the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
- (biology) The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.
- (prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
- (mathematics) The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
- (physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
noun
- a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
- (anatomy) Specialized cells which stimulate the heart to beat.
- a leading instance in its field
- an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker
- a horse used to set the pace in racing
- (now uncommon) One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
- (by extension, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
noun
- (physiology) The performance of cardiac muscle.
- The extent to which something contracts or shrinks.
- The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles).
- the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
noun
- The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.
- A very short space of time; an instant.
- One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
- (computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.
- A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- an animating or vital unifying force
noun
name
noun
- a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
- (medicine, cardiology) Specialized heart muscle cells that transmit electrical impulses from the AV node in the heart to the muscle cells of the heart wall, which contract in response producing the heart beat.
noun
- inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions
- (cardiology, pathology) The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest.
- (cardiology, pathology) The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath.
noun
- the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
- (biology) The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.
- (prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
- (mathematics) The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
- (physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
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