arrhythmia

Meaning

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.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία.

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