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Heartbeat sensations that feel like pounding with or withour irregular rhythm are called..
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Palpitation
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RAPID, RANDOM, AND INEFFECTIVE HEART CONTRACTIONS ARE CALLED..
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FIBRILLATION
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CARDIAC ARRHYHMIA IN WHICH ATRIAL CONTRACTIONS ARE RAPID BUT IRREGULAR IS CALLED...
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FLUTTER
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AN ABNORNALLY SLOW HEARTBEAT IS CALLED...
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BRADYCARDIA
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AN ABNORMALLY RAPID HEARTBEAT IS CALLED..
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TACHYCARDIA
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SUDDEN CONVULSION OR SPASM IS CALLED...
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PAROXYSM
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IRREGULAR HEART RHYTHM RESULTINIG FROM VARIATION IN VAGAL NERVE TONE AS A RESULT OR RESPIRATION(A NON PATHOLOGIC ARRYTHMIA) IS CALLED...
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NORMAL SINUS ARRYTHMIA
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WITH CONTRACTION OR LACK OF HEART ACTIVITY: FLAT LINE ON ECG IS CALLED...
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ASYSTOLE
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TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RESPIRATION AND CIRCULATION IS CALLED...
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SYNCOPE
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LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATIONS OCCURING DURING EARLY DIASTOLE AND LATE DIASTOLEARE CALLED...
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GALLOP
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THE WORD FOR PERTAINING TO THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS IS..
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CARDIOVASCULAR
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PREFIX FOR HEART IS...
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CARDIO
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PREFIX FOR VEINS AND ARTERIES IS...
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VASCUL/O ( VAS/O )
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PREFIX FOR BLOOD IS...
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HEMO/HEMATO
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THE DOUBLE WALLED MEMBRANE THAT SURROUNDS THE HEART IS CALLED THE..
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PERICARDIUM
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