Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A premature contraction of the heart, resulting in momentary cardiac arrhythmia.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine A premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia
Examples
“Anyway, my new words: extrasystole as in “He asked me if it was like an extrasystole.””
“To describe a single extrasystole, an ectopic heartbeat, as like a slight stumble in a dance and to introduce the complex mechanism of hearing with the statement that 'every one of us has a tiny harp inside his ear' suggests that he is a skillful teacher.… The kathartai, forerunners of doctors in pre-Hippocratic Greece, were said to purify the soul by the soothing and calming combination of music, dance, poetry and song.”
“To describe a single extrasystole, an ectopic heartbeat, as like a slight stumble in a dance and to introduce the complex mechanism of hearing with the statement that 'every one of us has a tiny harp inside his ear' suggests that he is a skillful teacher.”
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