tachycardia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌtæk.iˈkɑɹ.di.ə/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌtæk.əˈkɑɹ.di.ə/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɐː.di.ə/ (Australia)
- /ˌtɛk.əˈkɐː.di.ə/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɑː.di.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌtæk.əˈkɐː.di.ə/ (Australia)
- audio Queensland
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin tachycardia, from Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “swift”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”). By surface analysis, tachy- + -cardia. Compare French tachycardie.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations.
The heart becomes irritable, there is nervous palpitation, or attacks of paroxysmal tachycardia.
1896 June, E[dwin] M. Hale, “The Heart at the Beginning and Ending of the Menstrual Life: Reprinted from the Hahnemannian Monthly, June, 1896”, in The Hahnemannian Monthly, Philadelphia, Pa.: Homœopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, →OCLC, page 1:Tachycardias of all types reduce the cardiac output if the rate is high enough. […] The main difference between the tachycardias as regards the reduction of cardiac output is the rate at which they cause a significant reduction of cardiac output, and this depends on the type of tachycardia.
1988, G.M. Woerlee, “Cardiac Arrhythmias – General”, in Common Perioperative Problems and the Anaesthetist (Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →DOI, →ISBN, page 123:Tachycardia is defined as a FHR [fetal heart rate] above 160 bpm that lasts for at least 10 minutes. Tachycardia represents increased sympathetic and decreased parasympathetic autonomic tone and, therefore, is generally associated with a normal loss of FHR baseline variability[…].
2003, Rebecca L. Cypher, Donna Adelsperger, Keiko L. Torgersen, “Interpretation of Fetal Heart Rate Patterns”, in Nancy Feinstein, Keiko L. Torgersen, Jana Atterbury, editors, Fetal Heart Monitoring: Principles and Practices, 3rd edition, Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt, →ISBN, page 117:Both CRT-Ds and ICDs are implanted under the skin, in the patient’s upper chest area. The devices have wires called leads that attach to the heart and regulate the rhythm of the muscle. Defibrillators help patients with bradycardia – a slow heartbeat – by pacing the heartbeat and those with tachycardia – a fast heartbeat – by delivering shocks that reset heartbeats to normal.
2016 October 11, Hailey Middlebrook, “After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators’ failed batteries”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2020:With atrial tachycardia, the atria of the heart beats abnormally fast. Though often unpleasant for the patient, an atrial tachycardia is typically not fatal. However, some tachycardia, particularly ventricular tachycardia, can trigger ventricular fibrillation wherein the heart beats chaotically resulting in little or no net flow of blood from the heart to the brain and organs.
2013, “Therapies and Treatments”, in Q. Ashton Acton, editor, Tachycardia: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, Atlanta, Ga.: ScholarlyEditions, published 2013, →ISBN, page 235:When your resting heart rate is over 100 bpm, providers call this tachycardia. This means you may have an issue with your heart’s conduction system that signals your heart to beat. Examples of this type of issue include atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia.
2024 March 15, “Heart Rate”, in Cleveland Health, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2024:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tachycardias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
ventricular tachycardia · tachycardiac · antitachycardia · bradytachycardia · sinus tachycardia · atrial tachycardia · tachycardic
Synonyms
Translations (60)
eo taĥikardio (rapid resting heart rate) · sl tahikardija (rapid resting heart rate) · et tahhükardia (rapid resting heart rate) · el ταχυκαρδία (rapid resting heart rate) · tr taşikardi (rapid resting heart rate) · es taquicardia (rapid resting heart rate) · be тахікардыя (rapid resting heart rate) · kk тахикардия (rapid resting heart rate) · de Tachykardie (rapid resting heart rate) · fa تند تپشی (rapid resting heart rate) · yue 心跳過速 /心跳过速 (rapid resting heart rate) · pt taquicardia (rapid resting heart rate) · tt тахикардия (rapid resting heart rate) · ka ტაქიკარდია (rapid resting heart rate) · is hraðtaktur (rapid resting heart rate) · uz тахикардия (rapid resting heart rate) · sk tachykardia (rapid resting heart rate) · mk тахикардија (rapid resting heart rate) · ms takikardia (rapid resting heart rate) · fi tiheälyöntisyys (rapid resting heart rate) · he טָכִיקַרְדְיָה (rapid resting heart rate) · fr tachycardie (rapid resting heart rate) · sv takykardi (rapid resting heart rate) · ar تسرع القلب (rapid resting heart rate) · cmn 心跳過速 /心跳过速 (rapid resting heart rate) · pl tachykardia (rapid resting heart rate) · gl taquicardia (rapid resting heart rate) · pl częstoskurcz (rapid resting heart rate) · tg тахикардия (rapid resting heart rate) · ru тахикарди́я (rapid resting heart rate) · ja 頻脈 (rapid resting heart rate) · cs tachykardie (rapid resting heart rate) · yi טאַטשיקאַרדיאַ (rapid resting heart rate) · nl tachycardie (rapid resting heart rate) · hy տախիկարդիա (rapid resting heart rate) · ko 빠른맥 (rapid resting heart rate) · ca taquicàrdia (rapid resting heart rate) · nb takykardi (rapid resting heart rate) · uz taxikardiya (rapid resting heart rate) · nn takykardi (rapid resting heart rate) · af tagikardie (rapid resting heart rate) · da takykardi (rapid resting heart rate) · lt tachikardija (rapid resting heart rate) · hu tachikardia (rapid resting heart rate) · sh тахика̀рдија (rapid resting heart rate) · th หัวใจเต้นเร็ว (rapid resting heart rate) · ro tahicardie (rapid resting heart rate) · ml ടാക്കികാർഡിയ (rapid resting heart rate) · la tachycardia (rapid resting heart rate) · fi takykardia (rapid resting heart rate) · id takikardia (rapid resting heart rate) · sh tahikàrdija (rapid resting heart rate) · fa تندتپشی (rapid resting heart rate) · ga taicéacairde (rapid resting heart rate) · it tachicardia (rapid resting heart rate) · uk тахікарді́я (rapid resting heart rate) · lv tahikardija (rapid resting heart rate) · az taxikardiya (rapid resting heart rate) · eu takikardia (rapid resting heart rate) · bg тахикардия (rapid resting heart rate)