Definition of Cardioplegia

1. Noun. (surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cardioplegia

1. Paralysis of the heart. An elective stopping of the heart using chemicals, selective hypothermia or electrical stimulation. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardioplegia

cardioneural
cardioneurosis
cardiopaludism
cardiopath
cardiopathia nigra
cardiopathic
cardiopathies
cardiopericardiopexy
cardiophobia
cardiophone
cardiophony
cardiophrenia
cardiophrenic angle
cardioplasty
cardioplegia (current term)
cardioplegias
cardioplegic
cardioplegic arrest
cardioplegic solutions
cardiopoiesis
cardiopoietic
cardioprotection
cardioprotective
cardioptosia
cardiopulmonary
cardiopulmonary arrest
cardiopulmonary exercise
cardiopulmonary murmur

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