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postventricular

postventricular adjective: following a ventricular event.

Adjective

postventricular (not comparable)

  1. Following a ventricular event
    • The postventricular atrial refractory period (PVARP), for example, becomes the postatrial ventricular refractory period, ventricular sensing becomes atrial sensing, and the maximum tracking rate serves as a reference rate in defining input requirements for the maximum length of the adjustable AV...2016 March 5, “A Low-Cost Simulation Model for R-Wave Synchronized Atrial Pacing in Pediatric Patients with Postoperative Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of postventricular

From post- + ventricular.

Questions about postventricular

What does postventricular mean?
Postventricular means following a ventricular event.
What part of speech is postventricular?
Postventricular is an adjective.

Words near postventricular in the dictionary

  1. postvenereal
  2. postvention
  3. postventions
  4. postventitious
  5. postventral
  6. postventricular
  7. postverbal
  8. postverbally
  9. postverdict
  10. Postverta
  11. postvertebral

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