Asystole
noun
(pathol) the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
n.
1860, from modern latin, from greek a-, privative prefix (see a- (3)), + systole “contraction” (see systole).
asystole a·sys·to·le (ā-sĭs’tə-lē, ə-sĭs’-)
n.
the absence of contractions of the heart.
a’sys·tol’ic (ā’sĭ-stŏl’ĭk) adj.
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