See Also: Conduction block(medicine)
Complete Heart Block (heart block)(health)
air conduction(medicine)
A-V conduction(medicine)
conduction(dictionary)
Conduction(medicine)
conduction(dictionary)
aphasia, conduction(medicine)
anterograde conduction(medicine)
anomalous conduction(medicine)

octyl (iou) and Conduction block (medicine)


octyl (iou)



octyl noun. M19.
[from OCTA- + -YL.]
Chemistry. A radical, C8H17, derived from an octane. Usu. in comb.

Conduction block (medicine)


conduction block
Failure of impulse transmission at some point along a nerve, although conduction along the segments proximal and distal to it are unaffected. Clinically, most often caused by an area of focal demyelination; when caused by focal trauma, called neurapraxia.