Tachycardia

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Overview of noun tachycardia

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• tachycardia -- (Abnormally1.) Abnormally -- (in an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally"; "his blood pressure was abnormally low")
  
  abnormally rapid Heartbeat1.) Pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat -- (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart")
  
  2.) Blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute -- (a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash")
  
  heartbeat (over 100 Beats1.) Beat generation, beats, beatniks -- (a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop))
  
  1.) Beat, round -- (a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name")
  
  beats per minute))

Related Terms - "Tachycardia"

Meaning 1 of Tachycardiatachycardia cardiac arrhythmia, arrhythmia

• Flutter1.) Waver, flutter, flicker -- (the act of moving back and forth)
  
  2.) Flutter -- (abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block)
  
  Flutter - The act of moving back and forth

• Gallop rhythm1.) Gallop rhythm, cantering rhythm -- (cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound; can indicate a heart abnormality)
  
  Gallop rhythm, Cantering rhythm1.) Gallop rhythm, cantering rhythm -- (cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound; can indicate a heart abnormality)
  
  Cantering rhythm - Cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound; can indicate a heart abnormality

• Atrial fibrillation1.) Atrial fibrillation -- (fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart)
  
  Atrial fibrillation - Fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart

• Bradycardia1.) Bradycardia -- (abnormally slow heartbeat)
  
  Bradycardia - Abnormally slow heartbeat

• Heart block1.) Heart block, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, atrioventricular block -- (recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat)
  
  Heart block, Adams-Stokes syndrome1.) Heart block, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, atrioventricular block -- (recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat)
  
  Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome1.) Heart block, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, atrioventricular block -- (recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat)
  
  Stokes-Adams syndrome, Atrioventricular block1.) Heart block, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, atrioventricular block -- (recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat)
  
  Atrioventricular block - Recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat

• Premature ventricular contraction1.) Premature ventricular contraction, PVC -- (irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of Ventricular fibrillation1.) Ventricular fibrillation -- (fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly leading to cardiac arrest)
  
  Ventricular fibrillation - Fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly leading to cardiac arrest)
  
  Premature ventricular contraction, PVC1.) Polyvinyl chloride, PVC -- (a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables)
  
  2.) Premature ventricular contraction, PVC -- (irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation)
  
  PVC - Irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation

• Tachycardia1.) Tachycardia -- (abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute))
  
  Tachycardia - Abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)

• ventricular fibrillation - no definition found