Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ventricular tachycardia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

Syllables: ven-tric-u-lar -tachy-car-dia
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If your patient has a ventricular tachycardia then defibrillation may not work."
"When your resting heart rate is over 100 bpm, providers call this tachycardia. This means you may have an issue with your heart’s conduction system that signals your heart to beat. Examples of this type of issue include atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia."

Etymology

From ventricular + tachycardia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ventricular tachycardias (plural)

Phrases

catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia atrial tachycardia auricular tachycardia ventricular fibrillation

Frequently Paired Words

atrial tachycardia auricular tachycardia ventricular fibrillation

Synonyms

VT v-tach

Questions

What does ventricular tachycardia mean?: A heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.
Where does ventricular tachycardia come from?: From ventricular + tachycardia.

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