单词 | bigeminy |
释义 | bigeminyn. Medicine. Any form of cardiac arrhythmia in which heartbeats occur in pairs (typically of one normal and one abnormal beat). Cf. bigeminal adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [noun] > other pulse disorders rarity1583 softness of the pulse1632 concentration1714 tightness1785 organic pulse1822 bigeminy1904 1904 T. Snowball tr. K. F. Wenckebach Arhythmia of Heart iii. 164 The question now arises whether a true bigeminy, or twin contraction of the heart such as Traube observed, also occurs and can be demonstrated in man. 1967 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 67 1455/3 Bigeminy, or coupled beats where every other beat is premature, is characteristic of digitalis intoxication. 1972 Montana Standard 19 Apr. 9/3 Bigeminy, which makes the heart pump less efficiently than when the rhythm is normal, can lead to more serious and life-threatening arrythmias. 2000 C. Fisch & S. B. Knoebel Electrocardiogr. of Clin. Arrhythmias iv. 91 The frequency and distribution of VPCs [= ventricular premature complexes] varies. The prematures may manifest as a couplet..as bigeminy, trigeminy or quadrigeminy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1904 |
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