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arrhythmia

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eɪˈɹɪðmɪə/, /əˈɹɪðmi.ə/

Noun

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arrhythmia (countable and uncountable, plural arrhythmias)

  1. An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse
  2. A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.

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Latin

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Etymology

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New Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /arˈrytʰ.mi.a/, [ärˈrʏt̪ʰmiä]

Noun

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arrhythmia f (genitive arrhythmiae); first declension

  1. arrhythmia

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative arrhythmia arrhythmiae
genitive arrhythmiae arrhythmiārum
dative arrhythmiae arrhythmiīs
accusative arrhythmiam arrhythmiās
ablative arrhythmiā arrhythmiīs
vocative arrhythmia arrhythmiae