Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macroreentry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macroreen-try
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reentry of current into a largish portion of the electrical conduction system of the heart (as opposed to one small spot therein), as in reentrant tachycardias such as AVRT and AVNRT.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"To succeed in ablation of AT, its mechanism must be identified and the tachycardia circuit or origin mapped. In many cases, the mechanism of AT following AF ablation is macroreentry. Herein the strategy to map macroreentrant AT without using a 3-dimensional mapping system is described."

Etymology

From macro- + reentry.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: macro

Usage

Inflected Forms

macroreentries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

macroreentrant microreentrant

Questions

What does macroreentry mean?: The reentry of current into a largish portion of the electrical conduction system of the heart (as opposed to one small spot therein), as in reentrant tachycardias such as AVRT and AVNRT.
Where does macroreentry come from?: From macro- + reentry.

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