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arrhythmia

/eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
ar-rhyth-mia
IPA
/eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent to a- + rhythm + -ia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *srew-, arrhythmia, ἀρρυθμία

Usage

Inflected Forms

arrhythmias (plural)

Derived Forms

antiarrhythmia arrhythmogenic bradyarrhythmia hypsarrhythmia proarrhythmia tachyarrhythmia vasoarrhythmia

Frequently Paired Words

tachycardia bradycardia

Synonyms

dysrhythmia cardiac arrhythmia

Questions

How do you pronounce arrhythmia?
The recorded pronunciation is /eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/.
What does arrhythmia mean?
An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.
Where does arrhythmia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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