arrhythmia - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
arrhythmia (countable and uncountable, plural arrhythmias)
- An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.
- A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent to a- + rhythm + -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/, /əˈɹɪð.mi.ə/
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