tachycardia

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin tachycardia, from Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “swift”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”). By surface analysis, tachy- +‎ -cardia. Compare French tachycardie. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɑː.di.ə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/, /ˌtæk.əˈkɑɹ.di.ə/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɐː.di.ə/, /ˌtæk.əˈkɐː.di.ə/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌtɛk.əˈkɐː.di.ə/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)diə Hyphenation: ta‧chy‧car‧dia === Noun === tachycardia (countable and uncountable, plural tachycardias) (cardiology) A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations. [from 19th c.] Synonym: tachyrhythmia Antonym: bradycardia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “tachycardia”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 14 February 2017, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. “tachycardia”, in Collins English Dictionary, accessed 14 February 2017. “tachycardia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 14 February 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN. “tachycardia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “tachycardia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.