QT interval

English

Noun

QT interval (plural QT intervals)

  1. (medicine, cardiology, physiology) 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.
    Synonym: QT

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