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bradycardia

American  
[brad-i-kahr-dee-uh] / ˌbræd ɪˈkɑr di ə /

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. a slow heartbeat rate, usually less than 60 beats per minute.


bradycardia British  
/ ˌbrædɪˈkɑːdɪə /

noun

  1. pathol an abnormally low rate of heartbeat Compare tachycardia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of bradycardia

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


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Patients faced a higher likelihood of treatment-related side effects, including falls, kidney injury, hypotension, and bradycardia.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2026

About 15 percent of the men and 6.9 percent of the women had an abnormally low RHR of fewer than 60 beats per minute — a phenomenon known as bradycardia.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2022

The hearing at Pontypridd Coroner's Court was told the baby, whose parents were from Maesteg, Bridgend, had fetal bradycardia - a low heart rate - and was transferred to Singleton Hospital in Swansea.

From BBC ● May 13, 2020

But some Mayo patients or their surrogates wanted to turn off the pacemaker function that is intended to raise a too-slow heartbeat, or bradycardia.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2014

The disease is characterized by bradycardia and cerebral attacks, either syncope or pseudo-apoplectic or convulsive attacks.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

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