CONDUCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conduction mean? 

• CONDUCTION (noun)
  The noun CONDUCTION has 1 sense:

1. the transmission of heat or electricity or sound

  Familiarity information: CONDUCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONDUCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The transmission of heat or electricity or sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

conduction; conductivity

Hypernyms ("conduction" is a kind of...):

physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conduction"):

electrical conduction (the passage of electricity through a conductor)

Derivation:

conduct (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)

 Context examples 

Defects occurring in two of the three divisions of the conduction system of the heart are considered bifascicular blocks.

(Bifascicular Block by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

At the injection site, chloroprocaine hydrochloride acts by inhibiting sodium influx through binding to specific membrane sodium ion channels in the neuronal cell membranes, restricting sodium permeability, and blocking nerve impulse conduction.

(Chloroprocaine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Depolarization of the neuronal membrane is inhibited, thereby blocking the initiation and conduction of nerve impulses.

(Benzocaine, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by a dysrhythmia with complete failure of atrial electrical impulse conduction through the AV node to the ventricles.

(AV Block Third Degree, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

This is the result of intermittent failure of atrial electrical impulse conduction through the atrioventricular (AV) node to the ventricles.

(AV Block Second Degree Mobitz Type I, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

This slows the rate and amplitude of phase 0 depolarization and thus prolongs the duration of the action potential, thereby reducing cell excitability and conduction velocity.

(Disopyramide, NCI Thesaurus)

This slows the impulse conduction through the AV node and prolongs the duration of the action potential of normal cardiac cells in atrial and ventricular tissues.

(Disopyramide Phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of the sudden onset of transient AV block, which is often associated with preexisting conduction disorders.

(Paroxysmal Atrioventricular Block by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This allele, which encodes piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2 protein, plays a role in the conduction of mechanical impulses.

(PIEZO2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

There are no extra beats or conduction abnormalities.

(Normal Sinus Rhythm, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)