dysrhythmia
noun
dys·rhyth·mia
dis-ˈrit͟h-mē-ə 
: an abnormal rhythm
especially
: a disordered rhythm exhibited in a record of electrical activity of the brain or heart
Examples of dysrhythmia in a Sentence
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The medical examiner determined the cause of death was a probable cardiac dysrhythmia due to the stress of the physical altercation, the DA’s office said.
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2023
Nothing in the law prevents defense experts from using other medical explanations, such as cardiac dysrhythmia, for the deaths.
—Markian Hawryluk, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2023
But even these extra-fit fliers have suffered ailments ranging from cardiac dysrhythmia to good old-fashioned vomiting.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2012
Now there are many labs studying thalamocortical dysrhythmia.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2012
Compared with those who were never infected, people who had a coronavirus infection were more likely to have symptoms including inflammatory heart disease, heart failure, dysrhythmia, heart attacks, strokes and clotting in the long term.
—Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
Ethan Jovani Trejo died of cardiac dysrhythmia as a result of a congenital heart defect, according to the autopsy report.
—Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2021
Rizzo, who died of cardiac dysrhythmia at 73 this month, was there to talk about torture.
—Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
Slater, 37, died of cardiac dysrhythmia and her manner of death was natural, according to results of an autopsy by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office released last month.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2020
Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2023
Nothing in the law prevents defense experts from using other medical explanations, such as cardiac dysrhythmia, for the deaths.
—Markian Hawryluk, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2023
But even these extra-fit fliers have suffered ailments ranging from cardiac dysrhythmia to good old-fashioned vomiting.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2012
Now there are many labs studying thalamocortical dysrhythmia.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2012
Compared with those who were never infected, people who had a coronavirus infection were more likely to have symptoms including inflammatory heart disease, heart failure, dysrhythmia, heart attacks, strokes and clotting in the long term.
—Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
Ethan Jovani Trejo died of cardiac dysrhythmia as a result of a congenital heart defect, according to the autopsy report.
—Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2021
Rizzo, who died of cardiac dysrhythmia at 73 this month, was there to talk about torture.
—Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
Slater, 37, died of cardiac dysrhythmia and her manner of death was natural, according to results of an autopsy by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office released last month.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
dys- + -rhythmia (in arrhythmia)
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
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dysrhythmia
noun
dys·rhyth·mia
dis-ˈrit͟h-mē-ə
1
: an abnormal rhythm
especially
: a disordered rhythm exhibited in a record of electrical activity of the brain or heart
2
: jet lag
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