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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Asystole \A*sys"to*le\, n. [Pref. a- not + systole.] (Physiol.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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