arrhythmia

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arrhythmia

  • /eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/
  • /əˈɹɪð.mi.ə/

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Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent to a- + rhythm + -ia.

noun arrhythmias

  1. countable, uncountable An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.
  2. countable, uncountable A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.

Similar: dysrhythmia

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noun Translations

Españolarritmia
한국어부정맥 bujeongmaek
日本語不整脈 fuseimyaku
中文心律不整 xīnlǜ bùzhěng, 心律失常 xīnlǜ shīcháng, 心律不齊 /心律不齐 xīnlǜ bùqí
Portuguêsarritmia
Françaisarythmie
DeutschHerzrhythmusstörung, Arrhythmie
Italianoaritmia
Ελληνικάαρρυθμία arrythmía
Русскийаритми́я aritmíja
العربيةاِضْطِرَاب نَظْم القَلْب iḍṭirāb naẓm al-qalb

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@misc{arrhythmia_2026,
  title = {arrhythmia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arrhythmia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}