dysrhythmia

English

Etymology

dys +‎ rhythm +‎ -ia

Noun

dysrhythmia (countable and uncountable, plural dysrhythmias)

A disturbance to an otherwise normal biological rhythm, especially that of the heart.
Jet lag is also known as circadian dysrhythmia.

Synonyms

arrhythmia

Derived terms

circadian dysrhythmia

Translations

disturbance to a rhythm

Chinese:
Mandarin: 失常 (zh) (shīcháng), (of the heart) 心律失常 (xīnlǜ shīcháng)
Finnish: rytmihäiriö (fi), dysrytmia (fi)
German: Herzrhythmusstörung (de) f
Italian: disritmia (it) f

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