Term: asystole: 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
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: geophysicist: a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: mohawk: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: labrador retriever: breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: laugh: the sound of laughing
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: rock hind: found around rocky coasts or on reefs
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: faller: a person who falls
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: rabbinate: rabbis collectively
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: septic tank: large tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: oxymoron: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
Broader: pathology: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | Unrelated: monkey: any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)