ejection period

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• ejection period — the second phase of ventricular systole, being the period intervening between the opening and closing of the semilunar valves, during which the blood is being discharged into the aortic and pulmonary arteries. It can be divided into an initial… …   Medical dictionary

• period of isovolumic relaxation — a short interval (0.05 second) during ventricular diastole, immediately following the ejection period and lasting from semilunar valve closing to atrioventricular valve opening; as the muscle fibers relax, the ventricular pressure drops and the… …   Medical dictionary

• Ejection (sports) — In sports, an ejection (or dismissal or sending off) is a disqualifying action assessed to a player or coach by a game official (such as a referee or umpire), usually for unsportsmanlike conduct.Many ejections occur for such actions as fighting… …   Wikipedia

• period — 1. A certain duration or division of time. 2. One of the stages of a disease, e.g., p. of incubation, p. of convalescence. SEE ALSO: stage, phase. 3. Colloquialism for menses. 4. Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the …   Medical dictionary

• ejection — 1. The act of driving or throwing out by physical force from within. 2. That which is ejected. SYN: ejecta. [L. ejectio, from ejicio, to cast out] * * * ejec·tion (e jekґshən) [L. ejectus, past part. of ejicere to cast out] 1. the act of… …   Medical dictionary

• ejection phase — see under period …   Medical dictionary

• sphygmic period — ejection p …   Medical dictionary

• Coronal mass ejection — A coronal mass ejection in time lapse imagery obtained with the LASCO instrument. The Sun (center) is obscured by the coronagraph s mask. (September 30 – October 1, 2001) A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a massive burst of solar wind, other light …   Wikipedia

• preejection period — (PEP) the interval between the onset of ventricular depolarization and the onset of ventricular ejection; it is one of the systolic time intervals (q.v.) used in assessing left ventricular performance and is calculated by subtracting the left… …   Medical dictionary

• interval — A time or space between two periods or objects; a break in continuity. [L. inter vallum, space between breastworks in a camp, an i., fr. vallum, a rampart, wall] a c i. the i. between the onset of the a wave and that of the c wave of the jugular… …   Medical dictionary

• PEP — The abbreviation PEP stands for a number of things in medicine including post exposure prophylaxis. Prophylaxis means a defense or protection. Post exposure prophylaxis, for example, might concern the treatment of a health care worker exposed by… …   Medical dictionary