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heartbeatheart‧beat /ˈhɑːtbiːt $ ˈhɑːrt-/ noun [countable, uncountable] - A baby's heartbeat is nearly twice as fast as an adult's.
- In addition to being the seat of consciousness and awareness, the brain controls heartbeat, breathing, and other life-support systems.
- It opens rather clinically, with a sound-and-vision sequence featuring heartbeats, hospital interiors and instruments and a how-its-done Idiot's Guide.
- Put simply, cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat.
- She turned her hot face into the pillows and tried to get some sort of control over her heartbeats.
- Within a week, the fetus's heartbeat had returned to normal.
► MEDICINEAB, nounadrenalin, nounaetiology, nounanatomy, nounantibody, nounantigen, nounbeat, verbblood, nounblood heat, nounblood pressure, nounblood type, nouncaseload, nounchemist's, nouncholesterol, nounclinical, adjectivecompress, nounconfine, verbconscious, adjectiveconsciousness, nounconstitution, nounconstitutional, adjectivecoronary, adjectivecortex, nounculture, noundeath rattle, noundiaphragm, noundisc, noundissect, verbdouble-blind, adjectiveelectrocute, verbfamily doctor, nounfluid, noungenital, adjectivegenitals, noungeriatric, adjectivegerm, noungerontology, nounginseng, noungown, noungynaecology, nounhaematology, nounhaemoglobin, nounhealth care, nounhealth centre, nounheartbeat, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhistamine, nounimaging, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nouninduce, verbinsanitary, adjectiveinspire, verbinstitution, nouninstrument, nouninsulin, nouninterferon, nouninternal, adjectiveintoxicant, nounin vitro fertilization, nounlaser, nounlocal, adjectivelumbar, adjectivelymph, nounlymph node, nounmedical school, nounmenopause, nounmenses, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbneurology, nounobstetrician, nounoral, adjectiveossify, verbovarian, adjectivepathogen, nounphysiology, nounplatelet, nounpositive, adjectivepreventive medicine, nounprognosis, nounpsychobiology, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepublic health, nounregimen, nounregion, nounregress, verbrenal, adjectiverespirator, nounscreen, nounskeleton, nountest, verbtherapeutic, adjectivetherapeutics, nountoxicology, nountreatable, adjectivetreatment, nounultrasound, noununtreated, adjectivevein, nounwhite blood cell, noun ADJECTIVE► irregular· King's health Hussein was treated in hospital in Amman on June 11-13 for an irregular heartbeat.· Put simply, cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat.· The irregular heartbeat of battle was distant as yet but throbbing closer.· Two years ago, she was hospitalized because of an irregular heartbeat.· Large amounts of strong coffee can cause insomnia and, in extreme cases, palpitations and irregular heartbeats. VERB► feel· Her lips were parted and he could feel her heartbeat against his chest.· Here is caught and held the free feeling. the very heartbeat of life itself.· Vincent felt his heartbeat quicken, and tightened his grip on Lily's hand. ► hear· Others seem to hear your heartbeat and remain in a constant state of nervous tension.· She hears the heartbeat that used to soothe her, feels the breathing that used to rock her.· She heard her own heartbeat, alarmingly rapid, and she heard the sea in her ears.· She could hear her own heartbeat, feel her own mouth-drying fear. ► be a heartbeat away from something- The Red Sox are a heartbeat away from the American League championship.
- The Red Sox are a heartbeat away from landing another blue-chip bullpen stopper.
► in a heartbeat- If he asked me to marry him, I'd accept in a heartbeat.
- Beyond Des Jardins' cooking, there are two things that would bring me back to Jardiniere in a heartbeat.
- Don't think for a minute owner Jerry Jones wouldn't trade places with Bob McNair in a heartbeat.
- For exam-ple, an emergency or operating room is not the best environment for monitoring subtle variations in heartbeats.
► the heartbeat of something- Broadway has long been the heartbeat of popular music and the source of countless classics.
- The timeless street has been the heartbeat of popular music, and source of countless classics.
- Trondur had compared the movement to the heartbeat of a great animal.
1the action or sound of your heart as it pumps blood through your body2be a heartbeat away from something to be very close to a situation or position3in a heartbeat American English very quickly, without delay: Things can change in a heartbeat.4the heartbeat of something American English the main origin of activity or excitement in a place or organization |