tachycardia
pronunciation
How to pronounce tachycardia in British English:
UK [ˌtækɪ'kɑ:dɪə]
How to pronounce tachycardia in American English:
US [ˌtækɪ'kɑdɪr]
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- Noun:
- abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
Word Origin
- tachycardia (n.)
- "rapid heartbeat," 1868, Modern Latin, coined 1867 by German-born physician Hermann Lebert (1813-1878) from tachy- "swift" + Latinized form of Greek kardia "heart," from PIE root *kerd- (1) "heart" (see heart (n.)).
Example
- 1. I 've got supraventricular tachycardia .
- 2. Drugs could have caused intermittent tachycardia .
- 3. Though they don 't cure the problem they can reduce episodes of tachycardia or slow down the heart when an episode occurs .
- 4. In acute blood loss , the animal usually presents with tachycardia , pale mucous membranes , bounding or weak pulses , and hypotension .
- 5. These patients will have similar physical examination findings , pale mucous membranes , tachycardia , and possibly splenomegaly or a new heart murmur , or both .