tachycardia.

A heart rate faster than expected for the relevant circumstances or clinical standard.

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• sinus tachycardia

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The monitor showed tachycardia.

The clinician investigated the tachycardia.

Usage notes

Primary category: fear. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.