QT interval

noun

QT interval

noun
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Cardiology, Medicine, Physiology, Sciences A measurement made on an electrocardiogram, calculated as the time from the start of the Q-wave to the end of the T-wave, and approximates to the time taken from when the cardiac ventricles start to contract to when they finish relaxing.

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