Search Result for "cardiac cycle":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next; an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles;
- Example: "the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cardiac cycle
    n 1: the complete cycle of events in the heart from the
         beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next;
         an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle
         that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction
         of the ventricles; "the cardiac cycle can be shown on an
         electrocardiogram"