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Adams-Stokes syndrome

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Etymology

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Named after two Irish physicians, Robert Adams (1791–1875) and William Stokes (1804–1877), though it appears to have been described earlier.

Noun

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Adams-Stokes syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A condition characterized by periodic fainting spells in which there is intermittent complete heart block or other high-grade arrhythmia that results in loss of spontaneous circulation and inadequate blood flow to the brain.
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