See Also: Beat, premature(health)
premature beat(medicine)
beat-to-beat variability(medicine)
Premature(medicine)
premature(dictionary)
premature(1)(dictionary)
Premature(health)
premature(2)(dictionary)
premature labour(medicine)
premature contraction(medicine)

interval(2) (iou) and premature beat (medicine)


interval(2) (iou)



interval verb. rare. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. M17.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. Come between or in an interval; form an interval. Only in M17.
verb trans. Orig., separate by an interval; administer at intervals. Later, break or interrupt at intervals. M17.

premature beat (medicine)


premature beat -->
extrasystole


A premature contraction of the heart that is independent of the normal rhythm and arises in response to an impulse in some part of the heart Other than the sinoatrial node.

Synonym: premature beat.