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palpitations

palpitations is the plural of palpitation.

Meaning of palpitation

Noun

palpitation (countable and uncountable, plural palpitations)

  1. An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.
    • Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly, that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding...

Questions about palpitations

What is palpitations the plural of?
Palpitations is the plural of palpitation.

Words near palpitations in the dictionary

  1. palpitated
  2. palpitates
  3. palpitating
  4. palpitatingly
  5. palpitation
  6. palpitations
  7. palpless
  8. PALplus
  9. palpocil
  10. palpocils
  11. palpography

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