PALPITATION
\pˌalpɪtˈe͡ɪʃən], \pˌalpɪtˈeɪʃən], \p_ˌa_l_p_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PALPITATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.
By Oddity Software
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A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.
By Noah Webster.
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Act of palpitating: irregular or violent action of the heart, caused by excitement, excessive exertion, or disease.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A name given to the pulsations of the heart, when they become stronger, more extensive, or more sensible to the individual than ordinarily. Palpitations occur in a number of affections. They are, sometimes, owing to organic diseases of the heart-hypertrophy, inflammation, &c.; at others, to a disease in some other viscus; whilst, frequently, they are merely nervous.
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is sometimes felt in the arteries, constituting Palpitatio Arteriasa.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
