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delta wave

noun Physiology.

any of the slow brain waves constituting delta rhythm.

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Nearby words

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Origin of delta wave

First recorded in 1935–40

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Medicine definitions for delta wave

delta wave

n.

A slurring of the R-wave upstroke in an electrocardiogram as seen in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

delta rhythm

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