| WPW Syndrome | Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome ? CIx 1. Drugs; AV Conduct... |
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| ATB | at the time of the bomb [A-bomb in Japan]; atrial tachycardia with block |
| AVB | atrioventricular block |
| BBB | blood-brain barrier; blood buffer base; bundle-branch block |
| BBBB | bilateral bundle-branch block |
| Wilson block | The commonest form of right bundle-branch block, characterised in lead I by a tall slender R wave followed by a wider S wave of lower voltage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Wolff-Chaikoff block | Blocking of the organic binding of iodine and its incorporation into hormone caused by large doses of iodine; usually a transient effect, but in large doses in susceptible individuals it can be prolonged and cause iodine myxoedema. Synonym: Wolff-Chaikoff effect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conduction block | Failure of impulse transmission at some point along a nerve, although conduction along the segments proximal and distal to it are unaffected. Clinically, most often caused by an area of focal demyelination; when caused by focal trauma, called neurapraxia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hanging-block culture | The propagation of microorganisms on a cube of solidified agar medium which is inoculated, attached to a cover glass, and inverted over a moist chamber or hollowed slide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saddle block anaesthesia | A form of spinal anaesthesia limited in area to the buttocks, perineum, and inner surfaces of the thighs. Synonym: saddle anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| protective block | An incompletely understood mechanism whereby a pacemaker is protected from being discharged by the impulse from another centre; the mechanism, usually conceived as an encircling zone of unidirectionally refractory tissue permitting egress of impulses from the centre but preventing access to the centre, is seen in operation in ventricular parasystole where the parasystolic centre is protected from discharge by the sinus pacemaker and so is able to maintain its intrinsic rhythm undisturbed. Synonym: entrance block, protection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| second degree A-V block | See: atrioventricular block. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pupillary block glaucoma | Glaucoma secondary to failure of the aqueous humor to pass through the pupil to the anterior chamber. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sinoatrial block | <cardiology, physiology> Disturbance of heart conduction in which the atrial response is delayed or omitted because of partial or complete interference with the propagation of impulses from the sinoatrial node to the atria. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sinoauricular block | <cardiology, physiology> Disturbance of heart conduction in which the atrial response is delayed or omitted because of partial or complete interference with the propagation of impulses from the sinoatrial node to the atria. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spinal block | An obstruction to the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the spinal subarachnoid space; used inaccurately to refer to spinal anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate block | Injection of local anaesthetic solution in the vicinity of the stellate ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nerve block | Interruption of the conduction of impulses in peripheral nerves or nerve trunks by the injection of a local anaesthetic solution. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nerve block anaesthesia | Conduction anaesthesia in which local anaesthetic solution is injected about nerves, nerve trunks, or nerve plexuses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurolytic block | <procedure> The injection of a chemical agent to cause destruction and consequent prolonged interruption of peripheral somatic or sympathetic nerves or in some cases, the neuraxis. (16 Dec 1997) |