The word cardioplegia combines the Greek cardio meaning the heart, and plegia paralysis. Technically, this means arresting or stopping the heart so that surgical procedures can be done in a still and bloodless field. Most commonly, however, the word cardioplegia refers to the solution used to bring about asystole of the heart, or heart paralysis. The main goals of hypothermic cardioplegia are:
4. to furnish or decorate with a tuft or tufts. 5. to arrange in a tuft or tufts. 6. to draw together (a cushion, mattress, etc.) by passing a thread through at regular intervals, the depressions thus produced usu. being ornamented with tufts or buttons.
The adjective TUFTED has 3 senses: 1. (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts. 2. having or adorned with tufts. 3. (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination. Familiarity information: TUFTED used as an adjective is uncommon.