tachy episode
- noun
- /ˈtæki ˈɛpɪsoʊd/
- Specialized
:
episodio de taquicardia
- She experienced a tachy episode during her workout.
Examples
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Patients with arrhythmias may experience a tachy episode triggered by stress or exertion.
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She wore a monitor for a week to track any tachy episode that might occur.
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If you notice any tachy episode while resting, you should contact your doctor.
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The doctor explained what a tachy episode is.
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If you notice any tachy episode while resting, you should contact your doctor.
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Patients with arrhythmias may experience a tachy episode triggered by stress or exertion.
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She wore a monitor for a week to track any tachy episode that might occur.
Synonyms
17
7.5
A strong, fast, or irregular heartbeat you can feel in your chest
10
7.2
A heart that beats much faster than normal, usually over 100 beats a minute
A very fast heartbeat that happens after stress or medicine
A fast heartbeat that starts in the heart's natural pacemaker
A strong quick beating of the heart from excitement or fear
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Surface Forms
Morphology
tachy + episode
The element 'tachy' is not a common standalone English word but a medical Greek prefix meaning 'fast/rapid', while 'episode' is transparent. A B1 learner who happened to know 'tachy' could infer a 'rapid episode' but would not reliably derive that it specifically denotes a rapid heartbeat; because the prefix is technical and the cardiac sense is conventionalized in medical compounds, the relation is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Tachy episode comes from the part tachy- meaning 'fast' and the word episode meaning 'a short event'. Imagine your heart suddenly racing for a short time, so the phrase means 'a short period of very fast heartbeats'.