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Stokes-Adams syndrome
Stokes-Ad·ams syndrome
noun An occasional temporary stoppage or extreme slowing of the pulse as a result of heart block, causing dizziness, fainting, and sometimes convulsions.
Origin: After William Stokes (1804-1878) and Robert Adams (1791-1875), Irish physicians.
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