paroxysmal-tachycardia

paroxysmal tachycardia

noun Pathology.
tachycardia that begins and subsides suddenly.
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paroxysmal tachycardia n.
Recurrent attacks of tachycardia, having abrupt onset and termination and originating from an ectopic focus.

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