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extrasystole en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English systole English extrasystole From extra- + systole.

Meanings

1. A premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.
   • A 30-year-old woman, with no heart disease, was referred to our center with a history of rare episodes of sustained tachycardia and frequent feeling of extrasystoles. 2005, Gian-Battista Chierchia MD et al., “Arrhythmia Rounds: A Case of Junctional Extrasystoles?”, in Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, volume 16, number 5, page 557:
   • An extrasystole originating at the rhythmic centre is thus followed by a returning cycle of natural length. 1914, Thomas Lewis et al., “The Excitatory Process in the Dog's Heart,”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, containing Papers of a Biological Character, volume 205, page 404:

Forms

Deriveds

postextrasystole

Relateds

extrasystolia · palpitation · skipped heartbeat · extrasystolic

Synonyms

premature ventricular contraction · ventricular premature beat

Translations (6)

es extrasístole (premature contraction of the heart) · de Extrasystole (premature contraction of the heart) · id ekstrasistole (premature contraction of the heart) · fr extrasystole (premature contraction of the heart) · pt extrassístole (premature contraction of the heart) · ca extrasístole (premature contraction of the heart)