Definition of Atrioventricular

1. Adjective. Relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart. "Atrioventricular disease"

Exact synonyms: Auriculoventricular
Partainyms: Atrium, Ventricle, Auricle, Ventricle

Definition of Atrioventricular

1. Adjective. of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Atrioventricular

1. Pertaining to an atrium of the heart and to a ventricle. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atrioventricular

atrine
atrio-
atrioactivase
atriocarotid interval
atriomegaly
atrionector
atriopeptin
atriopore
atriopores
atrioseptoplasty
atriosystolic murmur
atriotomies
atriotomy
atriovenous
atrioventricular (current term)
atrioventricular band
atrioventricular block
atrioventricular bundle
atrioventricular canal
atrioventricular canal cushions
atrioventricular conduction
atrioventricular conduction abnormalities
atrioventricular connections
atrioventricular dissociation
atrioventricular extrasystole
atrioventricular gradient
atrioventricular groove
atrioventricular interval
atrioventricular junctional bigeminy

Literary usage of Atrioventricular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"They comprise (a) -the fibres of the atria, (6) the fibres of the ventricles, and (c) the atrioventricular bundle of His. The fibres of the atria are ..."

2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"They comprise (a) the fibers of the atria, (b) the fibers of the ventricles, and (c) the atrioventricular bundle of His. The fibers of the atria are ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Delayed Conduction When conduction is slightly impaired at the atrioventricular junction, the stimulus from the atria reaches the ventricles, it is true, ..."

4. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"His' bundle atrioventricular-furche, /. auriculo-ventricular groove atrioventricular-ganglion, n. auriculo- ventricular ganglion atrioventricular-klappe, ..."

5. Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"The chick stage 16 atrioventricular canal can be removed from the embryo and ... (2000) explanted chick stage 16 atrioventricular canals onto gels with ..."

6. Text-book of the embryology of man and mammals by Oscar Hertwig, Edward Laurens Mark (1905)
"309 si) two new ridges,—one of which projects into the left, the other into the right atrioventricular opening,—which furnish the foundation of the median ..."

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