Medical Term:
block
Pronunciation: block
Definition:
- To obstruct; to arrest passage through.
- A condition in which the passage of an electric impulse is arrested, wholly or in part, temporarily or permanently.
- A portion of a polymer structure consisting of constitutional units not present in adjacent regions of that same polymer.
Synonym(s): atrioventricular block
[Fr. bloquer]
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