arrhythmia
arrhythmia · arrhythmias
аритмия
Arrhythmie, Herzrhythmusstörung
An irregular heartbeatAn irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.
/eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/
» Tom has cardiac arrhythmia.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.
(countable, uncountable)A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.
Herzrhythmusstörung, Arrhythmie
аритми́яaritmíja
More definitions
- an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart
Examples
5 sentencesTom has cardiac arrhythmia.
My family has a history of cardiac arrhythmia.
She has cardiac arrhythmia.
ruУ неё аритмия.
He has a heart arrhythmia.
ruУ него аритмия сердца.
Daniel died from cardiac arrhythmia.
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Origin
Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent tBorrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent to a- + rhythm + -ia.
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Forms
plural: arrhythmias| Singular | arrhythmia |
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| Plural | arrhythmias |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart:cardiac arrhythmia
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable