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 |
giant | any creature of exceptional size |
giant moa Dinornis giganteus | the largest moa, about feet high |
giant salamander Megalobatrachus maximus | large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia |
Pacific giant salamander Dicamptodon ensatus | large (to inches) salamander of western North America |
giant tortoise | very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands |
Komodo dragon Komodo lizard dragon lizard giant lizard Varanus komodoensis | the largest lizard in the world ( feet), found on Indonesian islands |
giant kangaroo great grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
giant conch Strombus gigas | a large variety of conch |
giant clam Tridacna gigas | a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to pounds |
sea scallop giant scallop Pecten magellanicus | a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America |
giant northwest shipworm Bankia setaceae | giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America |
architeuthis giant squid | largest mollusk known about but never seen (tofeet long) |
giant crab Macrocheira kaempferi | very large deep-water Japanese crab |
giant petrel giant fulmar Macronectes giganteus | large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas |
giant schnauzer | a large schnauzer |
giant hornet Vespa crabro | European hornet introduced into the United States |
giant cockroach | large tropical American cockroaches |
giant water bug | large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts, feeds on young fishes |
tobacco hornworm tomato worm Manduca sexta | large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants, similar to tomato hornworm |
tomato hornworm potato worm Manduca quinquemaculata | large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants, similar to tobacco hornworm |
giant silkworm moth silkworm moth | any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae |
silkworm giant silkworm wild wilkworm | larva of a saturniid moth, spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon |
corn earworm cotton bollworm tomato fruitworm tobacco budworm vetchworm Heliothis zia | larva of a noctuid moth, highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops |
heart urchin | sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell |
giant eland Taurotragus derbianus | large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa |
giant armadillo tatou tatu Priodontes giganteus | about three feet long exclusive of tail |
ant bear giant anteater great anteater tamanoir Myrmecophaga jubata | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws, of South America |
giant panda panda panda bear coon bear Ailuropoda melanoleuca | large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet, in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae |
barramundi giant perch giant seaperch Asian seabass white seabass Lates calcarifer | a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities, lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats |
pigfish giant pigfish Achoerodus gouldii | found around the Great Barrier Reef |
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 |