pulseless

Thân thiện

The paramedic confirmed the patient was pulseless.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Having no detectable pulse; lacking a heartbeat: The primary medical meaning describes a state where the rhythmic beating of the heart cannot be felt or detected, indicating cardiac arrest or death. 2. Lifeless, devoid of vitality or energy: Used figuratively to describe something that is inert, stagnant, or completely lacking in activity, excitement, or liveliness.

Usage Examples

• Literal (Medical):
  • The paramedics worked frantically on the pulseless victim.
  • Upon arrival at the scene, the patient was found to be unresponsive and pulseless.
• Figurative:
  • The meeting was pulseless, with no new ideas or debate.
  • After the factory closed, the town's economy became pulseless.

Advanced Usage

• "Pulseless electrical activity (PEA)": A specific clinical condition where organized electrical activity is observed on an electrocardiogram (ECG), but no palpable pulse or effective cardiac output is present.
  • The monitor showed a rhythm, but the patient was in pulseless electrical activity.

Variants and Related Words

• Pulse (n): The rhythmic beating of the heart as felt in the arteries.
• Pulselessness (n): The state or condition of being pulseless.

Synonyms

• Lifeless
• Inanimate
• Without a heartbeat
• Flatlining (medical slang)

Antonyms

• Pulsating
• Beating
• Alive
• Animated

Học thuật

Adjective

1. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
   • an inanimate body
   • pulseless and dead

Từ đồng nghĩa

• breathless
• inanimate