Dam. a hydraulic-engineering structure that blocks off a river or other watercourse to raise the water level behind itself, to create a head at its location, and to create a reservoir. The significance of dams for water management is diverse.
(verify) Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication used to treat and prevent a number of types of irregular heartbeats. This includes ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF), and wide complex tachycardia, as well as atrial fibrillation and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
1 Amiodarone is used to control the uneven beating of your heart also known as an arrhythmia. 2  It is an anti-arrhythmic drug.  It is used to help keep the heart beating normally in patients with serious disorders of their heart rhythm.