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)
- 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.
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Latin
Etymology
New Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /arˈrytʰ.mi.a/, [ärˈrʏt̪ʰmiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈrit.mi.a/, [ärˈrit̪miä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
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