dysrhythmia

English

Etymology

From dys- +‎ rhythm +‎ -ia.

Noun

dysrhythmia (countable and uncountable, plural dysrhythmias)

1. A disturbance to an otherwise normal biological rhythm, especially that of the heart.

   Jet lag is also known as circadian dysrhythmia.

Synonyms

• arrhythmia

Derived terms

• circadian dysrhythmia
• tachydysrhythmia

Translations

disturbance to a rhythm

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 失常 (zh) (shīcháng), (of the heart) 心律失常 (xīnlǜ shīcháng)

• Finnish: rytmihäiriö (fi), dysrytmia (fi)
• German: Herzrhythmusstörung (de) f
• Italian: disritmia (it) f