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PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does premature ventricular contraction mean? 

PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION (noun)
  The noun PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION has 1 sense:

1. irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillationplay

  Familiarity information: PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

premature ventricular contraction; PVC

Hypernyms ("premature ventricular contraction" is a kind of...):

arrhythmia; cardiac arrhythmia (an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart)


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