Adams–Stokesn.
/ˌadəmzˈstəʊks/, U.S. /ˌædəmzˈstoʊks/ Medicine.
attributive and in the genitive. = Stokes-Adams n.
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1896 W. Osler in New York Med. Jrnl. 12 Sept. 346/1 The Adams-Stokes Syndrome. There is a most interesting group of symptoms associated with myocardial changes, and sometimes with angina, to which Robert Adams, of Dublin, first called attention, and which Stokes subsequently described more fully.
1903 Med. Standard 26 532/1 The bradycardia is the fundamental feature of the Adams-Stokes syndrome.
1906 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 3 Feb. 361/2 A case of Adams–Stokes' disease which I had the opportunity to observe presented symptoms of heart block.
1940 S. A. Levine Clin. Heart Dis. (ed. 2) i. 7 A patient may have a history of serious syncopal attacks with complete heart block (Adams–Stokes disease) and yet..will show..no..pain whatever.
1966 Daily Reporter (Dover, Ohio) 4 June 22/1 It is the ‘Adams-Stokes block’ which is dangerous. It may cause the victim every so often to become unconscious for some seconds.
2006 Heart Rhythm 3 480 He [sc. Wilhelm His Jr.] pioneered studies in cardiac conduction and coined the term ‘heart block’, which he identified as the cause of Adams-Stokes disease.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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