CARDIOPLEGIA

Etymology

Noun

cardioplegia (usually uncountable, plural cardioplegias)

(surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery

Source: Wiktionary



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SALTWORT

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash


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