extrasystole
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.
Example Sentences
- "An extrasystole originating at the rhythmic centre is thus followed by a returning cycle of natural length."
- "A 30-year-old woman, with no heart disease, was referred to our center with a history of rare episodes of sustained tachycardia and frequent feeling of extrasystoles."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English systole English extrasystole From extra- + systole.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
skipped heartbeat
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
premature ventricular contraction
ventricular premature beat