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Arrhythmia

//eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart wordnet
  3. 3
    A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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