Meaning | An abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart. |
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Synonym | cardiac arrhythmia |
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Narrower | atrial fibrillation | fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart |
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bradycardia | abnormally slow heartbeat |
flutter | abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm) |
gallop rhythm, cantering rhythm | cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound |
heart block, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, atrioventricular block | recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat |
premature ventricular contraction, PVC | irregularity of cardiac rhythm |
tachycardia | abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute) |
ventricular fibrillation | fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly leading to cardiac arrest |
Broader | heart disease, cardiopathy | A disease of the heart |
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Spanish | arritmia |
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Catalan | arítmia |
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Adjectives | arrhythmic | lacking a steady rhythm |
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