carotid sinus syncope
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carotid sinus syndrome — syncope sometimes associated with convulsive seizures due to overactivity of the carotid sinus reflex (q.v.) when pressure is applied to one or both carotid sinuses. Called also carotid sinus syncope and Charcot Weiss Baker s … Medical dictionary
Carotid sinus — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = sinus caroticus GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Arteries of the neck. The carotid sinus is at the origin of the internal carotid artery. Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = branch of… … Wikipedia
Syncope (medicine) — ICD 10 R55 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
syncope — syncopic /sin kop ik/, syncopal, adj. /sing keuh pee , sin /, n. 1. Gram. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne er. 2. Pathol. brief loss of consciousness associated with… … Universalium
syncope — Loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by diminished cerebral blood flow. [G. synkope, a cutting short, a swoon] Adams Stokes s. s. due to complete AV block. SYN: Morgagni Adams Stokes s.. cardiac s. fainting with unconsciousness of any … Medical dictionary
Fainting game — The fainting game (also known as the choking game and a wide variety of local slang names), refers to intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain with the goal of inducing temporary syncope and euphoria. There are two distinct methods used to… … Wikipedia
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