| compensatory pause | The pause following an extrasystole, when the pause is long enough to compensate for the prematurity of the extrasystole; the short cycle ending with the extrasystole plus the pause following the extrasystole together equal two of the regular cycles. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| apneic pause | Cessation of air flow for more than 10 seconds. See: sleep apnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pause | 1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. 2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. "I stand in pause where I shall first begin." (Shak) 3. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts. 4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses. 5. A break or paragraph in writing. "He writes with warmth, which usually neglects method, and those partitions and pauses which men educated in schools observe." (Locke) 6. A hold. See 4th Hold. Synonym: Stop, cessation, suspension. Origin: F, fr. L. Pausa. See Pose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| respiratory pause | Cessation of air flow for less than 10 seconds. See: sleep apnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory | Providing compensation; making up for a deficiency or loss. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory atrophy | Atrophy especially of an endocrine organ as a result of its function being assumed by a new source of hormone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory circulation | Circulation established in dilated collateral vessels when the main vessel of the part is obstructed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory hypertrophy | Increase in size of an organ or part of an organ or tissue, when called upon to do additional work or perform the work of destroyed tissue or of a paired organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory hypertrophy of the heart | Thickening of the walls of the heart in response to vascular, valvular, other heart disease, or athletic conditioning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory polycythemia | A secondary polycythemia resulting from anoxia, e.g., in congenital heart disease, pulmonary emphysema, or prolonged residence at a high altitude. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postextrasystolic pause | The somewhat prolonged cycle immediately following an extrasystole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preautomatic pause | A temporary pause in cardiac activity before an automatic pacemaker escapes. See: escape. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sinus pause | A spontaneous interruption in the regular sinus rhythm, the pause lasting for a period that is not an exact multiple of the sinus cycle. See: sinus arrest, sinus standstill. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abortion, incomplete | Abortion in which not all the products of conception have been expelled. (12 Dec 1998) |
| incomplete | 1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective. "A most imperfect and incomplete divine." (Milton) 2. <botany> Wanting any of the usual floral organs; said of a flower. <mathematics> Incomplete equation, an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0. Origin: L. Incompletus: cf. F. Incomplet. See In- not, and Complete. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |