tachycardia
noun
tachy·car·dia ˌta-ki-ˈkär-dē-ə 
: relatively rapid heart action whether physiological (as after exercise) or pathological compare bradycardia
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Valuable lessons can be learned from post-infectious diseases that long Covid often resembles: myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or mast cell activation syndrome. 
Ryan Prior And Kimberly Knackstedt, STAT, 22 Aug. 2022 The cause of death was recurrent ventricular tachycardia, a heart condition, his longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz announced. Julie Washington, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022 Six-year-old Jack suffers from rare, Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that causes an irregular heart rhythm. Paul Vercammen, CNN, 27 Nov. 2021 The actor, 51, was rushed to a hospital about two weeks ago because of tachycardia, a condition that makes the heart beat abnormally fast, his sister wrote Tuesday on Brendon’s official Instagram account. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 One man’s Apple Watch alerted him to an unusually high heart rate, which led to a diagnosis of tachycardia. Andy Meek, BGR, 21 July 2022 In mid-February, after an episode of tachycardia that led to an E.R. visit, he was taken off both medications. Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022 On a daily basis, people with ventricular tachycardia could have no symptoms at all, or have frequent feelings of palpitations. Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2022 His representative said Gottfried's death was caused by a heart rhythm issue called recurrent ventricular tachycardia, which resulted from myotonic dystrophy type II. Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2022 See More
Ryan Prior And Kimberly Knackstedt, STAT, 22 Aug. 2022 The cause of death was recurrent ventricular tachycardia, a heart condition, his longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz announced. Julie Washington, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022 Six-year-old Jack suffers from rare, Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that causes an irregular heart rhythm. Paul Vercammen, CNN, 27 Nov. 2021 The actor, 51, was rushed to a hospital about two weeks ago because of tachycardia, a condition that makes the heart beat abnormally fast, his sister wrote Tuesday on Brendon’s official Instagram account. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 One man’s Apple Watch alerted him to an unusually high heart rate, which led to a diagnosis of tachycardia. Andy Meek, BGR, 21 July 2022 In mid-February, after an episode of tachycardia that led to an E.R. visit, he was taken off both medications. Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022 On a daily basis, people with ventricular tachycardia could have no symptoms at all, or have frequent feelings of palpitations. Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2022 His representative said Gottfried's death was caused by a heart rhythm issue called recurrent ventricular tachycardia, which resulted from myotonic dystrophy type II. Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin
First Known Use
1889, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
tachycardia
noun
tachy·car·dia ˌtak-i-ˈkärd-ē-ə
: relatively rapid heart action whether physiological (as after exercise) or pathological see junctional tachycardia, paroxysmal tachycardia, sinus tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia compare bradycardia
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