gallop rhythm
- noun
- /ˈɡæləp ˈrɪðəm/
- Specialized
:
ritmo de galopar
- Eighteen hours later, the patient began to show tachypnoea, gallop rhythm, and crepitations in the chest.
Examples
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The doctor noted a gallop rhythm in her heartbeat, which suggested a possible heart condition.
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Patients with heart failure often present with a gallop rhythm that requires careful monitoring.
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During the examination, the clinician detected a gallop rhythm, indicating an irregular heartbeat.
Synonyms
28
7.4
An uneven heartbeat that is faster, slower, or not regular
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5.1
An irregular heartbeat that is too fast or too slow
An extra heart sound that may show a heart problem
How Abnormal
- Specialized
28
7.4
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
7
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound pairs 'gallop' (a horse's fast gait) with 'rhythm' (a pattern of beats), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a beat pattern that resembles a gallop. However, the precise medical sense — that it refers to extra heart sounds and indicates an abnormal cardiac finding — is specialized and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, making it only partially transparent.
Etymology
Gallop rhythm comes from the idea of a horse running. Doctors hear an extra heart sound that sounds like a gallop and call the repeated pattern a rhythm, so the term means an unusual heartbeat that can show a 'heart problem'.