bradycardia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”), equivalent to brady- +‎ -cardia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹeɪ.dɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/, /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)diə

Noun

bradycardia (countable and uncountable, plural bradycardias)

1. (medicine, cardiology) The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.

   Synonym: brachycardia

   Antonym: tachycardia

Derived terms

• bradycardiac
• bradycardic

Translations

condition of having a slow heartbeat

• Catalan: bradicàrdia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 心跳過緩／心跳过缓 (xīntiào guòhuǎn)

• Czech: bradykardie (cs) f
• Finnish: bradykardia (fi)
• French: bradycardie (fr) f
• German: Bradykardie (de) f
• Greek: βραδυκαρδία (el) f (vradykardía)
• Hungarian: bradikardia
• Indonesian: bradikardia
• Italian: bradicardia (it) f
• Japanese: 徐脈 (jomyaku)
• Russian: брадикарди́я (ru) f (bradikardíja)
• Spanish: bradicardia (es) f
• Swedish: bradykardi (sv) c

Further reading

• bradycardia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia