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qt interval

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
qt in-ter-val
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measurement made on an electrocardiogram, calculated as the time from the start of the Q-wave to the end of the T-wave, and approximates to the time taken from when the cardiac ventricles start to contract to when they finish relaxing.

Inflected Forms

QT intervals (plural)

Synonyms

QT

Questions

What does qt interval mean?
A measurement made on an electrocardiogram, calculated as the time from the start of the Q-wave to the end of the T-wave, and approximates to the time taken from when the cardiac ventricles start to contract to when they finish relaxing.

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