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atrial fibrillation en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) that involves the two upper chambers (atria) of the heart.
   • The most common type of irregular heartbeat is atrial fibrillation or AFib. It is estimated that between three and six million people in the United States have AFib. 2024 February 13, “Understanding Your Heart Rate”, in Emory Healthcare:

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Synonyms

afib · AF · a-fib · A-fib · auricular fibrillation

Translations (18)

pl migotanie przedsionków (cardiac arrhythmia) · fi eteisvärinä (cardiac arrhythmia) · fr fibrillation atriale (cardiac arrhythmia) · no harehjerte (cardiac arrhythmia) · da hjerteflimmer (cardiac arrhythmia) · ar رَجَفَان أُذَيْنِيّ (cardiac arrhythmia) · sv förmaksflimmer (cardiac arrhythmia) · el κολπική μαρμαρυγή (cardiac arrhythmia) · cmn 心房顫動 /心房颤动 (cardiac arrhythmia) · de Vorhofflimmern (cardiac arrhythmia) · tr atriyal fibrilasyon (cardiac arrhythmia) · hu pitvarfibrilláció (cardiac arrhythmia) · it fibrillazione atriale (cardiac arrhythmia) · da hjerteflimren (cardiac arrhythmia) · fr fibrillation auriculaire (cardiac arrhythmia) · fi flimmeri (cardiac arrhythmia) · no atrieflimmer (cardiac arrhythmia) · es fibrilación auricular (cardiac arrhythmia)