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HEMODYNAMICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemodynamics mean?
• HEMODYNAMICS (noun)
The noun HEMODYNAMICS has 1 sense:
1. the branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved
Familiarity information: HEMODYNAMICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hemodynamics" is a kind of...):
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Context examples
This agent improves hemodynamics in patients with ventricular dysfunction by increasing the stroke volume index and left ventricular contractility and by producing pulmonary vasodilation.
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