soul
Webster Dictionary
the leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army
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within
(ɪðˈɪn, wɪθ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
in the mind, heart, or soul; inwardly.
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spirit
(ˈspɪr ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the soul or heart as the seat of feelings or as prompting to action:
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inward
Webster Dictionary
seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul
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metempsychosis
(əˌtɛm səˈkoʊ sɪs, -ˌtɛmp-, ˌmɛt əm saɪ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the transmigration of the soul, esp. the passage of the soul after death into the body of another being.
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open-heart surgery
(open-heart surgery)
Princeton's WordNet
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
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psychology
Webster Dictionary
the science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul
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ventricle
Webster Dictionary
a cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart. See Heart
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souled
Webster Dictionary
furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector
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spirit
Webster Dictionary
specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body
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rheumatic heart disease
(rheumatic heart disease)
Princeton's WordNet
heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood
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conversion
Webster Dictionary
a spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life
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faculty
Webster Dictionary
ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any of the well-known classes of mental activity; psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of the leading kinds of soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment or gift; power; as, faculties of the mind or the soul
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soul
Webster Dictionary
to indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind
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echocardiograph
(ˌɛk oʊˈkɑr di əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an instrument using reflected ultrasonic waves to show the structures and functioning of the heart: for diagnosing heart abnormalities.
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heart attack
(ˈhɑrtˌeɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any sudden insufficiency of oxygen supply to the heart that results in heart muscle damage; myocardial infarction.
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open-heart surgery
(ˈoʊ pənˈhæn dɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
surgery performed on the exposed heart with the aid of a heart-lung machine.
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cardiac cycle
(cardiac cycle)
Princeton's WordNet
the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next; an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles
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port-access coronary bypass surgery
(port-access coronary bypass surgery)
Princeton's WordNet
heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine
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life
Webster Dictionary
of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life
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heart-lung machine
(ˈhɑrt lɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a pumping device through which diverted blood is oxygenated and returned to the body during heart surgery, temporarily functioning for the heart and lungs.
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beta receptor
(ɪˈteɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a site on a cell, as of the heart, that upon interaction with epinephrine or norepinephrine controls heartbeat and heart contractibility, vasodilation, and other physiological processes.
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ghost
Webster Dictionary
the disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter
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sinoatrial node
(ˈsaɪ noʊˈeɪ tri əl, ˌsaɪ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a small mass of tissue in the right atrium functioning as pacemaker of the heart by giving rise to the electric impulses that initiate heart contractions.
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animism
Webster Dictionary
the belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter
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cardiogenic
(ˌkɑr di əˈdʒɛn ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
originating in the heart; caused by a disorder of the heart.
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existence
Webster Dictionary
the state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence
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atrium
Webster Dictionary
the main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart
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antanaclasis
Webster Dictionary
a repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc
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hearted
Webster Dictionary
having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character)
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