arrhythmic
pronunciation
How to pronounce arrhythmic in British English:
UK [ɑ:'rɪðmɪk]
How to pronounce arrhythmic in American English:
US [əˈrɪðmɪk]
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- Adjective:
- without regard for rhythm
- not having a steady rhythm
Word Origin
- arrhythmic (adj.)
- 1853, "without rhythm," in relation to musical sensibility, Modern Latin, from Greek arrhythmos "irregular, unrhythmical, without measure," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + rhythmos (see rhythm). Medical arrhythmia "irregularity of pulse" is attested from 1888, from Greek noun of action from arrhythmos. Related: Arrhythmically.
Example
- 1. Arrhythmic death without idetifiable heart disease .
- 2. Effects of oxymatrine on action potential in normal rats and arrhythmic rats induced by aconitine .
- 3. Prognostic value of heart rate variability for sudden death and major arrhythmic events in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy .
- 4. Risk of arrhythmic and nonarrhythmic death in patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease .
- 5. Sudden adult death syndrome is otherwise known as sudden arrhythmic death syndrome or sads .