dysrhythmia

[dis-rith-mee-uh]

noun

1. a disturbance of rhythm, as of speech or of brain waves recorded by an electroencephalograph.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dysrhythmia¹

First recorded in 1905–10; from New Latin, from Greek dys- dys- + rhythm(ós) rhythm + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

The cause of death has been ruled as “probable cardiac dysrhythmia in a person with severe hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease during a physical altercation.”

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Nothing in the law prevents defense experts from using other medical explanations, such as cardiac dysrhythmia, for the deaths.

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“It would really depend on the amount of capsaicin that an individual was exposed to. At high doses, it can lead to fatal dysrhythmia or irreversible injury to the heart.”

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She had been hit in the face, possibly with a fist, and died of a cardiac dysrhythmia, partly caused by the blows and partly by her underlying lung and heart disease, court records show.

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A Los Angeles County coroner’s report determined his death was a homicide and that he died from ventricular dysrhythmia because of an enlarged heart and noted that cocaine intoxication and police restraint by a Taser were contributing factors.

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