arrhythmic

  • 1Arrhythmic — Ar*rhyth mic, Arrhythmous Ar*rhyth mous, a. [Gr. ?; a priv. + ? rhythm.] (Med.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2arrhythmic — (adj.) 1853, without rhythm, in relation to musical sensibility, Modern Latin, from Gk. arrhythmos irregular, unrhythmical, without measure, from a not (see A (Cf. a ) (3)) + rhythmos (see RHYTHM (Cf. rhythm)). Medical arrhythmia irregularity of… …

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  • 3arrhythmic — Marked by loss of rhythm; pertaining to arrhythmia. * * * ar·rhyth·mic mik adj 1) lacking rhythm or regularity <arrhythmic locomotor activity> 2) of, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from arrhythmia <arrhythmic risk>… …

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  • 4arrhythmic — adjective Etymology: Greek arrhythmos Date: 1853 lacking rhythm or regularity < arrhythmic locomotor activity > …

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  • 5arrhythmic — ar·rhyth·mic (ə rĭthʹmĭk) adj. Lacking rhythm or regularity of rhythm: “a slight arrhythmic imperfection when the car idles” (Garrison Keillor).   ar·rhythʹmi·cal·ly adv. * * * …

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  • 6arrhythmic — adjective a) Without rhythm. An arrhythmic atonal aboration they call music out of satire perhaps. b) Suffering from cardiac arrhythmia. Syn: arhythmic, irrhythmic, unrhythmic …

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  • 7arrhythmic — adjective 1. lacking a steady rhythm an arrhythmic heartbeat • Syn: ↑jerking, ↑jerky • Similar to: ↑unsteady • Derivationally related forms: ↑jerk ( …

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  • 8arrhythmic — adj. (Medicine) pertaining to arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat); irregular, not rhythmic …

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  • 9arrhythmic — (also arhythmic) adjective not rhythmic. ↘Medicine relating to or suffering from cardiac arrhythmia. Derivatives arrhythmical adjective arrhythmically adverb …

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  • 10arrhythmic — ar·rhyth·mic …

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