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dyssynchronous

dyssynchronous adjective: not synchronous; badly synchronized.

Adjective

dyssynchronous (not comparable)

  1. Not synchronous; badly synchronized
    • The model predicted that patients with dyssynchronous electrical activation but effective length-dependent tension regulation at the cellular scale are less likely to respond to CRT treatment than patients with attenuated or no length dependent of tension.2015 August 29, “Implementation of Contraction to Electrophysiological Ventricular Myocyte Models, and Their Quantitative Characterization via Post-Extrasystolic Potentiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of dyssynchronous

From dys- + synchronous.

Questions about dyssynchronous

What does dyssynchronous mean?
Dyssynchronous means not synchronous; badly synchronized.
What part of speech is dyssynchronous?
Dyssynchronous is an adjective.

Words near dyssynchronous in the dictionary

  1. dysspermia
  2. dysstasia
  3. dysstatic
  4. dyssynchronies
  5. dyssynchronization
  6. dyssynchronous
  7. dyssynchrony
  8. dyssynergia
  9. dyssynergias
  10. dyssynergic
  11. dyssynergies

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