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■ noun Medicine a form of tachycardia in which the heart's electrical activity varies cyclically.
Origin
1960s: Fr., lit. 'twist of spikes' (with ref. to the characteristic electrocardiogram produced).
[ tɔ:ˌsα:d də'pwa~t \]
■ noun Medicine a form of tachycardia in which the heart's electrical activity varies cyclically.
Origin
1960s: Fr., lit. 'twist of spikes' (with ref. to the characteristic electrocardiogram produced).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004