arrhythmia
noun/eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/ · /əˈɹɪð.mi.ə/
Etymology Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent to a- + rhythm + -ia.
1
An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.
2
A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.
- Synonyms
- dysrhythmia
- Derived terms
- antiarrhythmia, arrhythmogenic, bradyarrhythmia, hypsarrhythmia, proarrhythmia, tachyarrhythmia, vasoarrhythmia
- Related terms
- tachycardia, bradycardia