Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly, that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.
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Palpitation
//ˌpælpɪˈteɪʃən//
Synonyms for "palpitation" (177 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (53)
didderdisquietdisquietudeditherdithersdrumdrum musicdrumbeatdrumfiredrummingencased heartendocarditisextrasystolefatty heartfear and tremblingfibroid heartfidgetinessfidgetsflapflask-shaped heart
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flickerflitflitterflopflutterfrosted heartgoose bumpsgoosefleshhairy hearthardening of the arteriesheartheart attackheart blockheart conditionheart diseaseheart failureheartbeatheartquakeheartthrobheavinghigh blood pressurehorripilationhypertensionhypertensive heart diseaseinquietudeischemic heart diseasejimjamsmitral insufficiencymitral stenosismyocardial infarctionmyocardial insufficiencymyocarditismyovascular insufficiency
Related words (88)
nervousnessox heartpantingparadiddleparalytic strokeparoxysmal tachycardiapatterpericarditisperturbationpilepitapatpitter patterpitter-patterpoundpoundingpremature beatpseudoaortic insufficiencypulmonary insufficiencypulmonary stenosispulsation
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pulsequakingquaverquaveringquiverquiver of terrorquiveringrat-a-tatrat-tatrat-tat-tatrataplanrattattoorestlessnessrheumatic heart diseaserhythmrollround heartrub-a-dubruffrufflesclerosisshakeshakesshakingshivershiversshudderspatterspluttersputterstaccatostony heartstrokesweattachycardiatat-tattattootempothrill of fearthrobthrobbingthrombosisthrumthumpingtom tomtom-tomtrembletremblingtremortrepidationtrepiditytricuspid insufficiencytricuspid stenosisturtle hearttwitteruneasinessunrestvaricose veinsvarixventricular fibrillationvibewaver
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Translations
40 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄραδος noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Arabic
1 entries- خَفَقَان noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Armenian
1 entries- սրտխփոց noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ürəkdöyünmə noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
- ürəkçırpıntısı noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сърцебиене noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Catalan
1 entries- palpitació noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Chinese
1 entries- 抱心 noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 心悸 noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Czech
1 entries- palpitace noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Finnish
1 entries- sydämentykytys noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
French
1 entries- palpitation noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Georgian
1 entries- პალპიტაცია noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
German
2 entries- Herzklopfen noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
- Palpitation noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Greek
2 entries- καρδιοχτύπι noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
- παλμός noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- palpitasyon noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Hungarian
1 entries- szívdobogás noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Indonesian
1 entries- palpitasi noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Irish
1 entries- preabadh noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Japanese
1 entries- 動悸 noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Macedonian
1 entries- срцеби́ење noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hjertebank noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
- palpitasjon noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- hjartebank noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
- palpitasjon noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Persian
1 entries- تپش قلب noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Polish
1 entries- palpitacja noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Portuguese
1 entries- palpitação noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Russian
2 entries- пальпита́ция noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
- си́льное сердцебие́ние noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- plosg noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
- plosgadh noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- palpitacija noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Spanish
1 entries- palpitación noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Swedish
1 entries- hjärtklappning noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Tagalog
2 entries- sikdo noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
- tahip noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пальпіта́ція noun (abnormal beating of the heart)
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