/stohks"ad"euhmz/ , Med.
unconsciousness accompanying atrioventricular heart block, sometimes characterized by weakness, irregular pulse, and intermittent convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures.
Also, Stokes-Adams disease, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Adams-Stokes disease .
[ named after W. Stokes (1804-78), and R. Adams (1791-1875), Irish physicians ]