arrhythmia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɪˈɹɪðmɪə/, /əˈɹɪðmi.ə/

Noun

arrhythmia (countable and uncountable, plural arrhythmias)

  1. An irregular heartbeat.
  2. A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.

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Latin

Etymology

New Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía).

Noun

  1. arrhythmia.
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