"bundle branch block" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bundle branch blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bundle branch block (plural bundle branch blocks)
  1. (pathology) A heart condition in which the electrical impulses controlling the pace of the heart are not transmitted normally through either of the bundle branches. Wikipedia link: bundle branch block Categories (topical): Pathology Synonyms: BBB [initialism] Related terms: LBBB, RBBB Translations (heart condition): haarakatkos (Finnish), Schenkelblock [masculine] (German), szárblokk (Hungarian), Tawara-szár-blokk (Hungarian), greinrof [neuter] (Icelandic)

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