left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east, take a left at the corner |
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 |
left field leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR cardiac resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation kiss of life | an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing, attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen |
cardiac monitor heart monitor | a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart |
catheter | a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
left field leftfield left | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left, the batter flied out to left |
cardiac rhythm heart rhythm | the rhythm of a beating heart |
left-handedness sinistrality | preference for using the left hand |
left coronary artery | arises from the left aortic sinus, supplies the left side of the heart |
left gastric artery arteria gastrica sinistra | a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus |
left gastric vein vena gastrica sinistra | arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia, runs in the lesser omentum, empties into the portal vein |
oblique vein of the left atrium vena obliqua atrii sinistri | a tributary of the coronary sinus, on the posterior wall of the left atrium |
posterior vein of the left ventricle vena posterior ventriculi sinistri | arises near the apex of the heart and empties into the coronary sinus |
pacemaker cardiac pacemaker sinoatrial node SA node | a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat |
cardiac muscle heart muscle | the muscle tissue of the heart, adapted to continued rhythmic contraction |
area of cardiac dullness | a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion), corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs |
left ventricle | the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta |
left atrium left atrium of the heart atrium sinistrum | the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
mitral valve bicuspid valve left atrioventricular valve | valve with two cusps, situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle |
heart valve cardiac valve | a valve to control one-way flow of blood |
left hemisphere left brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body |
cardiac plexus plexus cardiacus | a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures |
left left hand | the hand that is on the left side of the body, jab with your left |
cardiac sphincter | the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach, the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction |
cardiac cycle | the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next, an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles, the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram |
left left wing | those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare |
left | location near or direction toward the left side, i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east, she stood on the left |
stage left left stage | the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience |
Left Bank Latin Quarter | the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine, a center of artistic and student life |
left-handed pitcher left-hander left hander lefthander lefty southpaw | a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand |
left-hander lefty southpaw | a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right, their pitcher was a southpaw |
left fielder | the person who plays left field |
collectivist leftist left-winger | a person who belongs to the political left |
left-handedness | the status of being born of a morganatic marriage |
asystole cardiac arrest cardiopulmonary arrest | absence of systole, failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death |
cardiac arrhythmia arrhythmia | an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart |
coronary insufficiency cardiac insufficiency | inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles, can cause angina pectoris |
heart murmur cardiac murmur murmur | an abnormal sound of the heart, sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves |
cardiac tamponade | mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion |
cardiac glycoside cardiac glucoside | obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure |
cardiac output | the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time, a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute |
bumbling bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless heavy-handed left-handed | lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands, a bumbling mechanic, a bungling performance, ham-handed governmental interference, could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature- Mary H. Vorse |
left-handed | ironically ambiguous, a left-handed compliment |
levorotary levorotatory left-handed | rotating to the left |
leftover left over(p) left(p) odd remaining unexpended | not used up, leftover meatloaf, she had a little money left over so she went to a movie, some odd dollars left, saved the remaining sandwiches for supper, unexpended provisions |
left-eyed | having only the left eye |
morganatic left-handed | (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank, valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior |
left-handed | (of marriages) illicit or informal, in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent |