long QT syndrome

noun

A heart disease in which there is an abnormally long delay between the electrical excitation (or depolarization) and relaxation (repolarization) of the ventricles of the heart.

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Meanings

nounlong QT syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecardiologyA heart disease in which there is an abnormally long delay between the electrical excitation (or depolarization) and relaxation (repolarization) of the ventricles of the heart.

Translations

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