bradycardia

[ brad-i-kahr-dee-uh ]

/ ˌbræd ɪˈkɑr di ə /

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noun Medicine/Medical.

a slow heartbeat rate, usually less than 60 beats per minute.

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Origin of bradycardia

First recorded in 1885–90; brady- + -cardia

OTHER WORDS FROM bradycardia

brad·y·car·dic, adjective

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How to use bradycardia in a sentence

Exercise at depth alters bradycardia and incidence of cardiac anomalies in deep-diving marine mammals.
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British Dictionary definitions for bradycardia

bradycardia

/ (ˌbrædɪˈkɑːdɪə) /

noun

pathol an abnormally low rate of heartbeatCompare tachycardia

Derived forms of bradycardia

bradycardiac (ˌbrædɪˈkɑːdɪˌæk), adjective

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