arrhythmia

Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía).

• IPA^(key): /eɪˈɹɪðmɪə/, /əˈɹɪðmi.ə/

arrhythmia (countable and uncountable, plural arrhythmias)

1. An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse
2. A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.

• dysrhythmia

New Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía).

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈrʰytʰ.mi.a]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈrit̪.mi.a]

arrhythmia f (genitive arrhythmiae); first declension

1. arrhythmia

First-declension noun.