bradycardia
UK/bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.ə/US/bɹeɪ.dɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/
bradycardia noun: the condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.
Noun
bradycardia (countable and uncountable, plural bradycardias)
- The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.
- 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...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
- When your resting heart rate is under 60 bpm, providers call it bradycardia.2024 March 15, “Heart Rate”, in Cleveland Health, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2024
- Synonyms:
- brachycardia
- Antonyms:
- tachycardia
bradycardia meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
bradycardia in Tamil
- குறைவான இதயத் துடிப்பு, குறை இதயத் துடிப்பு, சுணங்கிதயம், தளர் செஞ்சுப்பைத்துடிப்பு
bradycardia in Indonesian
- condition of having a slow heartbeat
- bradikardia, bradikardi
Synonyms of bradycardia
Antonyms
Forms of bradycardia
| plural | bradycardias |
|---|
Origin of bradycardia
From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”), equivalent to brady- + -cardia.
Words formed from bradycardia
Words that rhyme with bradycardia
Questions about bradycardia
- What does bradycardia mean?
- Bradycardia means the condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.
- What is bradycardia in Tamil?
- Bradycardia in Tamil is குறைவான இதயத் துடிப்பு, குறை இதயத் துடிப்பு, சுணங்கிதயம். See Bradycardia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bradycardia?
- Bradycardia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bradycardia?
- Bradycardia is pronounced /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bradycardia?
- The plural of bradycardia is bradycardias.
Words near bradycardia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bradycardia (page history and authors); bradycardia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “bradycardia.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/bradycardia. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.