tachycardia
excessively rapid heartbeat.
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How to use tachycardia in a sentence
She’ll also consult with a therapist familiar with postural tachycardia syndrome, a condition that causes her heart to race when she stands up.
We’ve only just begun to examine the racial disparities of long covid | Elaine Shelly | September 20, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewI afterwards had periodical attacks of intermittence but never any tachycardia, at least none that lasted more than a few seconds.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 | Olga MetchnikoffBut, as I rose, I suddenly felt acute pain along the sternum; at the same time began a strong crisis of tachycardia.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 | Olga MetchnikoffIn tachycardia there is an irritation of the accelerator nerves to the heart, in brachycardia of the inhibitory nerves.
Psychotherapy | James J. WalshBradycardia or abnormal slowness of the heart-beat, is the converse of tachycardia.
In the condition known as paroxysmal tachycardia there appears to be no adequate explanation for its onset.
British Dictionary definitions for tachycardia
/ (ˌtækɪˈkɑːdɪə) /
pathol abnormally rapid beating of the heart, esp over 100 beats per minute: Compare bradycardia
Derived forms of tachycardia
- tachycardiac (ˌtækɪˈkɑːdɪˌæk), adjective
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