EMBRYOCARDIA
\ˌɛmbɹɪəkˈɑːdi͡ə], \ˌɛmbɹɪəkˈɑːdiə], \ˌɛ_m_b_ɹ_ɪ__ə_k_ˈɑː_d_iə]\
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By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Fetal rhythm of the heart beats; of Huchard, a condition of the heart in which the pulsations resemble those of a fetal heart. It comprises three elements:
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Tachycardia.
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Equalization of the length of the two periods of silence in the cardiac cycle.
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Similarity of the tone and of intensity in the two sounds. It indicates a certain degree of degeneration in the myocardium and an enfeeblement of the arterial tension.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).