bigeminal rhythm

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• rhythm — 1. Measured time or motion; the regular alternation of two or more different or opposite states. 2. SYN: r. method. 3. Regular or irregular occurrence of an electrical event in the electrocardiogram or electroencephalogram. SEE ALSO: wave. 4.… …   Medical dictionary

• coupled rhythm — heart beats occurring in pairs, the second beat of the pair usually being a ventricular premature beat; see also bigeminal pulse and bigeminy …   Medical dictionary

• Numbering aberrant rhythms — A rhythm strip demonstrating bigeminy Bigeminy (Latin: Bi Two Gemini twins) is a descriptor for a heart arrhythmia in which abnormal heart beats occur every other concurrent beat. A typical example is with bigeminal premature ventricular beats,… …   Wikipedia

• bigeminy — Pairing; especially, the occurrence of heart beats in pairs. SYN: bigemini. [bi + L. geminus, twin] atrial b. pairing of atrial beats, as when an atrial extrasystole is coupled to each sinus beat. atrioventricular junctional b. paired beats, each …   Medical dictionary

• pulsus — SYN: pulse. [L. a stroke, pulse] p. abdominalis SYN: abdominal pulse. p. alternans SYN: alternating pulse. p. anadicrotus SYN: anacrotic pulse. p. bigeminus SYN: bigeminal pulse. p. bisferiens SYN: bisferious pulse. p. caprisans a bounding… …   Medical dictionary

• bigeminy — [bī jem′ə nē] n. [< bigemin(ate), in two pairs (< BI 1 + GEMINATE) + Y3] the state of occurring in pairs, as a rhythm of the heartbeat consisting of pairs of beats bigeminal adj …   English World dictionary