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Noun: heart block  haa(r)t blók
  1. Recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
    - Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, atrioventricular block

Type of: arhythmia, arrhythmia, cardiac arrhythmia

Encyclopedia: Heart block