arrhythmia

Noun

Meaning

an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cardiac arrhythmia dysrhythmia angina heart beat rhythm pulse beating drumming coronary eccentricity fluctuation sclerosis flutter fibrillation
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Antonyms

still peace faith accuracy confidence steady
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Hypernyms

disease heart disease cardiopathy

Hyponyms

PVC flutter heart block atrial fibrillation Adams-Stokes syndrome bradycardia

Phrases with the word

arrhythmia drug anti-arrhythmia arrhythmia medication result of cardiac arrhythmia

Examples

“AFib is the most common heart arrhythmia, and a leading cause of stroke. Source: Internet

However, even at lower concentrations, such as those found at wildfires, individuals with cardiovascular disease may experience chest pain and cardiac arrhythmia. Source: Internet

But the factors in the case — the low potassium, the patient’s heart arrhythmia, the fact that he had been doing well until his collapse — signal that the licorice “was probably the source” of his ultimately fatal condition, Dr. Ferdinand said. Source: Internet

Following the onset of life-threatening arrhythmia, including ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, death finally occurs as a result of respiratory paralysis or cardiac arrest. Source: Internet

During a November 21, 2005, game against Nashville, defenseman Jiri Fischer suffered a heart arrhythmia and collapsed on the bench. Source: Internet

However, there is a concern ; Ventricular fibrillation (vfib) : Fibrillation of the ventricles is a life-threatening arrhythmia and should be treated by defibrillation and is a medical emergency. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

arrhizal arrhizotonic arrhizous arrhythmia drug arrhythmia medication arrhythmic