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science fiction(dictionary)
science fiction(encyclopedia)
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P wave (medicine) and science fiction (iou)


P wave (medicine)


P wave


The first complex of the electrocardiogram, representing depolarisation of the atria; if the P wave is retrograde or ectopic in axis or form, it is labelled P'.


science fiction (iou)



science Fiction noun phr. M19.
[from SCIENCE + Fiction noun. Cf. SCI-FI.]
Fiction based on imagined future scientific discoveries, major environmental or social changes, etc., freq. involving space or time Travel or life on Other planets.
? In General use only from E20.
science-fictional adjective pertaining to or characteristic of science Fiction M20.
science-fictionalized adjective made into science Fiction M20.
science-fictio'neer,
science-fictionist nouns a writer or connoisseur of science Fiction M20.