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supraventricular

supraventricular adjective: located above the ventricles of the heart.

Adjective

supraventricular (comparative more supraventricular, superlative most supraventricular)

  1. Located above the ventricles of the heart.
    • I was called to see a patient in supraventricular tachycardia – a very fast heart rhythm, which if left untreated can be fatal.2020, Louise Curtis with Sarah Johnson, A Nurseʼs Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis, Pan Books, page 204

Forms of supraventricular

comparativemore supraventricular
superlativemost supraventricular

Origin of supraventricular

From supra- + ventricular.

Words formed from supraventricular

  • supraventricular crest
  • supraventricular tachycardia

Questions about supraventricular

What does supraventricular mean?
Supraventricular means located above the ventricles of the heart.
What part of speech is supraventricular?
Supraventricular is an adjective.

Words near supraventricular in the dictionary

  1. supravaginally
  2. supravalvar
  3. supravalvular
  4. supravarieties
  5. supravariety
  6. supraventricular
  7. supraversion
  8. supravertebral
  9. supravesical
  10. supravisceral
  11. supravise

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