English noun: arrhythmia | |||
1. | arrhythmia (state) an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart | ||
Synonyms | cardiac arrhythmia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cardiopathy, heart disease | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Adams-Stokes syndrome, atrial fibrillation, atrioventricular block, bradycardia, cantering rhythm, flutter, gallop rhythm, heart block, premature ventricular contraction, PVC, Stokes-Adams syndrome, tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation | ||