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A group of cells located in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that originates the impulses stimulating the heartbeat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sinus node, pacemaker
Antonyms: none provided
a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pacemaker, cardiac pacemaker, SA node
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cardiac muscle, heart muscle
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
sino-atriale knoop
— a group of cells
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Chinese Cantonese:
竇房結 /窦房结
(dau6 fong4 git3)
— a group of cells
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Chinese Mandarin:
竇房結 /窦房结
(dòufángjié)
— a group of cells
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Dutch:
sinusknoop
— a group of cells
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Finnish:
sinussolmuke
— a group of cells
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Finnish:
eteissolmuke
— a group of cells
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French:
nœud sinusal
— a group of cells
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French:
nœud sino-auriculaire
— a group of cells
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French:
nœud sinu-atrial
— a group of cells
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German:
Sinusknoten
— a group of cells
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German:
Sinuatrial-Knoten
— a group of cells
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Greek:
φλεβόκομβος
(flevókomvos)
— a group of cells
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Hungarian:
szinuszcsomó
— a group of cells
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Japanese:
洞房結節
(dōbōkessetsu)
— a group of cells
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Kazakh:
қойнау-жүрекше түйіні
(qoinau-jürekşe tüiını)
— a group of cells
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Northern Kurdish:
girê berika guhike
— a group of cells
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Latin:
nodus sinuatrialis
— a group of cells
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Latin:
nodus sinuosus
— a group of cells
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Persian:
گره سینوسی- دهلیزی
— a group of cells
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Polish:
węzeł zatokowo-przedsionkowy
— a group of cells
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Portuguese:
nó sinusal
— a group of cells
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Portuguese:
nódulo sinoauricular
— a group of cells
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Portuguese:
nodo sinoatrial
— a group of cells
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Romanian:
nod sinusal
— a group of cells
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Romanian:
nod sinoatrial
— a group of cells
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Spanish:
nodo sinoauricular
— a group of cells
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Spanish:
nódulo sinusal
— a group of cells
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Spanish:
nodo seno-auricular
— a group of cells
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Spanish:
nodo sinoatrial
— a group of cells
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Vietnamese:
nút xoang
— a group of cells