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Definition of Bradycardia

1. Noun. Abnormally slow heartbeat.

Definition of Bradycardia

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

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Definition of Bradycardia

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Medical Definition of Bradycardia

1. A slowness of the heart beat, as evidenced by slowing of the pulse rate to less than 60 beats per minute. Origin: Gr. Kardia = heart This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Bradycardia

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1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"bradycardia An abnormally slow heart is synonymous with bradycardia. True bradycardia includes only those cases in which all of the heart chambers beat ..."

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