PALPITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palpitation mean? 

• PALPITATION (noun)
  The noun PALPITATION has 2 senses:

1. a rapid and irregular heart beat

2. a shaky motion

  Familiarity information: PALPITATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALPITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rapid and irregular heart beat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("palpitation" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Derivation:

palpitate (beat rapidly)

palpitate (cause to throb or beat rapidly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shaky motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

palpitation; quiver; quivering; shakiness; shaking; trembling; vibration

Context example:

the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe

Hypernyms ("palpitation" is a kind of...):

motion (a state of change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palpitation"):

tremolo ((music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones)

tremor (shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease))

Derivation:

palpitate (shake with fast, tremulous movements)

 Context examples 

Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation, or dyspnea.

(New York Heart Association Class, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) Cardiovascular symptoms; tachycardia, palpitations, pain in chest, throbbing of vessels, fainting feelings, missing beat.

(HAMA - Cardiovascular Symptoms, NCI Thesaurus)

Ordinary physical activity does not cause undue fatigue, palpitations, or dyspnea.

(New York Heart Association Class I, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Findings showed that roughly 75% of patients with such heart conditions who consumed two or more energy drinks experienced palpitations within 24 hours.

(3 Cups Of Coffee Daily Could Improve Heart Function, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Less than ordinary activity causes fatigue, palpitations, or dyspnea.

(New York Heart Association Class III, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitations, or dyspnea.

(New York Heart Association Class II, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It is often a symptomless condition but may be marked by varied symptoms (e.g. chest pain, fatigue, dizziness, dyspnea, or palpitations) leading in some cases to endocarditis or ventricular tachycardia.

(Mitral Valve Prolapse, NCI Thesaurus)

Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Anemia not associates with symptoms of fatigue, headaches, palpitations, or shortness of breath.

(Mild Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Vasomotor symptoms typically include: palpitations, hot flashes and night sweats.

(Menopausal Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)