Non-fiction novels can have both more or less words but most publishable novels for the adult market, again, should be at least 60,000 words. Young adult and children's market novels are considerably shorter. They run on average from 45,000 to 75,000 words.
a small downward deflection in the arterial pulse or pressure contour immediately following the closure of the semilunar valves, sometimes used as a marker for the end of systole or the ejection period. Called also dicrotic notch.
Premature ventricular contraction (PVC) is caused by an ectopic cardiac pacemaker located in the ventricle. PVCs are characterized by premature and bizarrely shaped QRS complexes usually wider than 120 msec on with the width of the electrocardiogram (ECG). These complexes are not preceded by a P wave, and the T wave is usually large, and its direction is opposite the major deflection of the QRS.