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Definition of Palpitation
1. Noun. A rapid and irregular heart beat.
2. Noun. A shaky motion. "The shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
Generic synonyms: Motion
Specialized synonyms: Tremolo, Tremor
Derivative terms: Palpitate, Quiver, Quiver, Shaky, Shaky, Shake, Tremble, Vibrate, Vibrational
Definition of Palpitation
1. n. A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.
Definition of Palpitation
1. Noun. An abnormal awareness of the beating of the heart. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palpitation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Palpitation
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Palpitation
Literary usage of Palpitation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"The age at which palpitation is most frequent is that which intervenes between
... The most important point, in the diagnosis of palpitation, is to decide ..."
2. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"Nervous palpitation.—By "palpitation" we understand the subjective sensation of
the movements of the heart. It is usually excited by increased action of the ..."
3. Medical Diagnosis: With Special Reference to Practical Medicine; a Guide to by Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1900)
"Functional Disorders characterized by palpitation, associated or not with Change
... A more lasting form of palpitation is engendered when the organ is kept ..."
4. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1898)
"palpitation. In health we are unconscious of the action of the heart. ... This is
not palpitation. The term is properly limited to irregular or forcible ..."
5. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1918)
"palpitation.—palpitation is one of the most distressing symptoms experienced by
the patient. ... palpitation is a symptom quite different from tachycardia, ..."
6. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1871)
"palpitation is one of those symptôme of a deviation from health, regarded by the
subject of it with anxiety, or even with alarm, but of the nature and seat ..."
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