arrhythmia

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Cardiac arrhythmia is a condition resulting from abnormal electrical activity in the heart.

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  1. noun An irregularity in the force or rhythm of the heartbeat.

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  • A person being treated for a heart disorder, such as arrhythmia (an abnormality in the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat), need not be consigned to a hospital bed while doctors keep track of his or her heartbeat. —  Top Tech News
  • For instance, a person being treated for a heart disorder, such as arrhythmia (an abnormality in the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat), need not be consigned to a hospital bed while doctors keep track of his or her heartbeat. —  Top Tech News
  • In the same study dronedarone also demonstrated a favourable safety profile as evidenced by a low incidence of pro-arrhythmia (including torsades de pointes) and extra-cardiac organ toxicity. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • This alternated with periods of sinus arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, and all kinds of I-don't-know-what with maybe 5 unique complexes. —  EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News
  • If the cardiac technician observes a particularly concerning arrhythmia, the patient's physician will be contacted immediately. —  Medgadget
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  1. New Latin, from Greek arruthmiā, lack of rhythm, from arruthmos, unrhythmical : a-, without; see a-1 + rhuthmos, rhythm; see rhythm.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀρρυτμία, want of rhythm, from ἄρρντμος, without rhythm: see arrhythmous.
 

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