SINCE 1828
anti-arrhythmic
adjective
an·ti-ar·rhyth·mic
| \ ˌan-tē-(ˌ)ā-ˈrit͟h-mik
, ˌan-ˌtī-\
, ˌan-ˌtī-\
variants:
or antiarrhythmic
Definition of anti-arrhythmic
medical
: counteracting or preventing cardiac arrhythmia
anti-arrythmic agents
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antiarrhythmic
adjective
an·ti·ar·rhyth·mic
| \ -(ˌ)ā-ˈrit͟h-mik
\
\
variants:
or anti-arrhythmic
also antiarrhythmia
or anti-arrhythmia \ -(ˌ)ā-ˈrit͟h-mē-ə
\
\
Medical Definition of antiarrhythmic
(Entry 1 of 2)
: controlling, inhibiting, or preventing cardiac arrhythmia
an antiarrhythmic drug antiarrhythmic therapy
antiarrhythmic
noun
variants:
also anti-arrhythmic
Medical Definition of antiarrhythmic (Entry 2 of 2)
: an agent (as a beta-blocker or calcium channel blocker) that controls, inhibits, or prevents cardiac arrhythmia
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