cardiac massage
heart massage | an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest |
| heart surgery | any surgical procedure involving the heart |
| closed-heart surgery | heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened) |
| open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
spotted eagle ray
spotted ray
Aetobatus narinari | ray with back covered with white or yellow spots, widely distributed in warm seas |
spotted antbird
Hylophylax naevioides | a kind of antbird |
spotted flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
Muscicapa grisola | common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage |
spotted owl
Strix occidentalis | a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico, has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest |
spotted salamander fire salamander
Salamandra maculosa | European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots |
| spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum | glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots |
Chihuahuan spotted whiptail
Cnemidophorus exsanguis | having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots, upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico |
spotted crake
Porzana porzana | Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes |
spotted sandpiper
Actitis macularia | common North American sandpiper |
| liver-spotted dalmatian | a brown-spotted dalmatian |
spotted hyena
laughing hyena
Crocuta crocuta | African hyena noted for its distinctive howl |
spotted lynx
Lynx pardina | of southern Europe |
jackass bat
spotted bat
Euderma maculata | a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears |
two-spotted ladybug
Adalia bipunctata | red ladybug with a black spot on each wing |
red-spotted purple
Limenitis astyanax | similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces |
| heart urchin | sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell |
spotted skunk
little spotted skunk
Spilogale putorius | small skunk with a marbled black and white coat, of United States and Mexico |
Australian arowana
Dawson River salmon
saratoga
spotted barramundi
spotted bonytongue
Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
spotted sunfish
stumpknocker
Lepomis punctatus | inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida, esteemed panfish |
Kentucky black bass
spotted black bass
Micropterus pseudoplites | a variety of black bass |
spotted weakfish
spotted sea trout
spotted squeateague
Cynoscion nebulosus | weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States |
| artificial heart | a pump that replaces the natural heart |
cardiac monitor
heart monitor | a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart |
| heart | a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it, he led the queen of hearts, hearts were trumps |
| heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
| heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
Jarvik heart
Jarvik artificial heart | a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success |
sodium thiopental
phenobarbital
phenobarbitone
Luminal
purple heart | a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative |
| heart spirit | an inclination or tendency of a certain kind, he had a change of heart |
cardiac rhythm
heart rhythm | the rhythm of a beating heart |
heart mettle nerve
spunk | the courage to carry on, he kept fighting on pure spunk, you haven't got the heart for baseball |
heart
pump
ticker | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs, its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body, he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
| athlete's heart | enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance |
| biauriculate heart | a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles |
cardiac muscle
heart muscle | the muscle tissue of the heart, adapted to continued rhythmic contraction |
| ventricle heart ventricle | a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries |
atrium cordis
atrium of the heart | the upper chamber of each half of the heart |
right atrium
right atrium of the heart
atrium dextrum | the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus |
left atrium
left atrium of the heart
atrium sinistrum | the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
heart valve
cardiac valve | a valve to control one-way flow of blood |
heart
bosom | the locus of feelings and intuitions, in your heart you know it is true, her story would melt your bosom |
kernel
substance core
center
centre
essence
gist
heart heart and soul
inwardness marrow
meat
nub
pith
sum
nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
Order of the Purple Heart
Purple Heart | a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action |
| heart-to-heart | an intimate talk in private, he took me aside for a little heart-to-heart |
| broken heart | devastating sorrow and despair, he is recovering from a broken heart, a broken heart languishes here |
affection
affectionateness
fondness
tenderness heart warmness
warmheartedness
philia | a positive feeling of liking, he had trouble expressing the affection he felt, the child won everyone's heart, the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home |