Usually means: Temporary, controlled stopping of heart.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. cardioplegia: Collins English Dictionary
  2. cardioplegia: Wordnik
  3. cardioplegia: Wiktionary
  4. cardioplegia: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. cardioplegia: Dictionary.com
  6. Cardioplegia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. cardioplegia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. cardioplegia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cardioplegia: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. cardioplegia: Medical dictionary
  7. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  8. Cardioplegia: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cardioplegia)

▸ noun:  (surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery

Similar:
cryocardioplegia, cardiac arrest, vasoplegia, cardioprotection, cardiopathy, heart failure, sympathicolysis, cardiopath, cardiodynia, cardiophobia, more...

Opposite:
cardiostimulation, cardioactivation, cardioexcitation

Types:
crystalloid, blood, bloodless, potassium, more...

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Similar:
cryocardioplegia, cardiac arrest, vasoplegia, cardioprotection, cardiopathy, heart failure, sympathicolysis, cardiopath, cardiodynia, cardiophobia, more...

Opposite:
cardiostimulation, cardioactivation, cardioexcitation

Types:
crystalloid, blood, bloodless, potassium, more...



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