arrhythmia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.
A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.

/eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/ /əˈɹɪð.mi.ə/

arrhythmia arrhythmias

Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent to a- + rhythm + -ia.

dysrhythmia

tachycardia bradycardia

antiarrhythmia arrhythmogenic bradyarrhythmia hypsarrhythmia proarrhythmia tachyarrhythmia vasoarrhythmia

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