adams-stokes disease

noun

1. Pathology. Stokes-Adams syndrome.

noun Medicine/Medical.

1. unconsciousness accompanying atrioventricular heart block, sometimes characterized by weakness, irregular pulse, and intermittent convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures.

noun

1. another term for heart block

n.

1. Adams-Stokes syndrome

n.

1. An occasional temporary stoppage or extreme slowing of the pulse as a result of heart block, causing dizziness, fainting, and sometimes convulsions.Morgagni’s disease Spens’ syndrome Stokes-Adams disease Stokes-Adams syndrome