English Explanatory Dictionary

commotio cordis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An often lethal disruption of heart rhythm as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart at a critical time during the cycle of a heartbeat.

Word forms

commotio cordis commotio cordis Literally “heart agitation”.

Etymology

From Latin [Term?] (literally “agitation or disruption of the heart”), from agitation+cordis, from heart.

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