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extrasystoles

extrasystoles is the plural of extrasystole.

Meaning of extrasystole

Noun

extrasystole (plural extrasystoles)

  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.
    • 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...
    Synonyms:
    premature ventricular contraction, ventricular premature beat

Questions about extrasystoles

What is extrasystoles the plural of?
Extrasystoles is the plural of extrasystole.

Words near extrasystoles in the dictionary

  1. extrasynaptosomal
  2. extrasynovial
  3. extrasystematic
  4. extrasystemic
  5. extrasystole
  6. extrasystoles
  7. extrasystolia
  8. extrasystolias
  9. extrasystolic
  10. extratarsal
  11. extratelomeric

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