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necked(dictionary)
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red-necked(dictionary)
necked(medicine)
low-necked(medicine)
stiff-necked(dictionary)
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ring-necked(medicine)
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parasystole (medicine) and red-necked (iou)


parasystole (medicine)


parasystole


A cardiac arrhythmia caused by the interaction of two foci independently initiating cardiac impulses at different rates. Generally one of the foci is the sinoatrial node (the normal pacemaker) and the ectopic focus is usually in the ventricle, but can occur in the sinus and av nodes, atrium and ventricle, and av junction. Each focus - and thus each rhythm - is protected from the influence of the Other.


red-necked (iou)



red-necked adjective. L19.
[from RED adjective + NECKED.]
Chiefly Zoology. Having a red neck. L19.
red-necked avocet an Australian avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae. red-necked grebe a holarctic grebe, Podiceps grisegena. red-necked nightjar an Iberian and N. African nightjar, Caprimulgus ruficollis. red-necked phalarope a northern holarctic phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, which has a chestnut patch on the neck when in breeding plumage. red-necked wallaby an Australian wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus, naturalized in parts of Britain.
Holding redneck views; characteristic of a redneck; reactionary, conservative. Orig. US. M20.