dysrhythmia

[ dis-rith-mee-uh ]

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

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Origin of dysrhythmia

1
First recorded in 1905–10; from New Latin, from Greek dys- dys- + rhythm(ós) rhythm + -ia -ia

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