[ ə'rɪδmɪə ]
(also arhythmia )
■ noun Medicine a condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm.
Origin
C19: from Gk arruthmia 'lack of rhythm', from a- 'without' + rhuthmos (see rhythm ).
[ ə'rɪδmɪə ]
(also arhythmia )
■ noun Medicine a condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm.
Origin
C19: from Gk arruthmia 'lack of rhythm', from a- 'without' + rhuthmos (see rhythm ).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004