| CAVB | complete atrioventricular block |
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| CAVD | complete atrioventricular dissociation; completion, arithmetic problems, vocabulary, following direc... |
| CBC | capillary blood gases; carbenicillin; child behavior characteristics; complete blood cell count |
| cbc | complete blood cell count |
| CBR | carbonyl reductase; chemical, biological, and radiological [warfare]; chemically-bound residue; chro... |
| partial heart block | Impulses penetrate the atrioventricular junction in some relation to the ventricular rate. Synonym: incomplete atrioventricular block. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mechanical alternation of the heart | A disorder in which contractions of the heart are regular but are alternately stronger and weaker. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mechanical heart | Term loosely applied to any mechanical circulatory assist device. (05 Mar 2000) |
| globular heart | Abnormally smooth arcuate contours of the heart due either to disease of the ventricles or to a false cardiac appearance produced by excessive pericardial fluid. Synonym: globular heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vortex of heart | A spiral arrangement of muscular fibres at the apex of the heart. Synonym: vortex cordis, whorl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pendulous heart | An extreme form of cor mobile in which the heart appears to be suspended by the great vessels. Synonym: pendulous heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chaotic heart | Apparently totally uncoordinated cardiac action or rhythm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic heart disease | The most important manifestation of and sequel to rheumatic fever, i.e., any cardiac involvement in rheumatic fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rheumatism of the heart | Rheumatic cardiac valvular disease, most often of the mitral and aortic valves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chick heart fibroblast | <cell culture> The cells that emigrate from an explant of embryonic chick heart maintained in culture. Often used as archetypal normal cell. (05 Jan 1998) |
| right atrium of heart | Right atrium, the atrium of the right side of the heart which receives the blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus. Synonym: atrium dextrum cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right border of heart | The border between the sternocostal and diaphragmatic surfaces of the heart; it is fairly well defined in fixed hearts but is rounded and indefinite in the living heart. Synonym: margo dexter cordis, right margin of heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right heart | The right atrium and right ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right heart bypass | Introduction of a circuit shunting blood from the venae cavae around the right atrium and ventricle and directly into the pulmonary artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right margin of heart | The border between the sternocostal and diaphragmatic surfaces of the heart; it is fairly well defined in fixed hearts but is rounded and indefinite in the living heart. Synonym: margo dexter cordis, right margin of heart. (05 Mar 2000) |