Summary: MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: precipitously, sharply(adverb) very suddenly and to a great degree. conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate; prices rose sharply. precipitously(adverb) abruptly; in a precipitous manner. the mountains rose precipitously from the shore.
Cardiac tamponade. extracardiac obstructive shock. mechanical obstruction to cardiac filling. pressures of the right cardiac chambers, the pulmonary artery, and the left cardiac chambers equilibrate in diastole. always consider cardiac tamponade when the CVP is high and BP low. pulsus paradoxus.