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V wave (medicine) and sike(1) (iou)


V wave (medicine)


V wave
<cardiology, physiology> A large pressure wave visible in recordings from either atrium or its incoming veins, normally produced by venous return but becoming very large when blood regurgitates through the A-V valve beyond the chamber from which the recording is made.


sike(1) (iou)



sike noun1. Scot. & north. Also syke. ME.

A small stream or rill, esp. one flowing through flat or marshy ground and often dry in summer; a ditch or channel through which this flows. ME.
b. A gully; a hollow. M19.
A stretch of meadow, a field. rare. LME.