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palpitation

[ pal-pi-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of palpitating.
  2. an unusually or abnormally rapid or violent beating of the heart.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of palpitation1

1595–1605; < Latin 貹辱پō- (stem of 貹辱پō ) a throbbing. See palpitate, -ion
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Stage two includes abdominal obesity - the harmful visceral fat - and is often accompanied by health issues like diabetes, knee pain or palpitations.

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Martha was struggling to sleep, losing her hair, having palpitations, suffering tinnitus and was eventually hospitalised for deep vein thrombosis.

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The most common symptoms are extreme tiredness, shortness of breath, brain fog, heart palpitations, dizziness, joint pain and muscle aches.

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Fassbender gave me palpitations just with his neutral delivery of the word “sphincter.”

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The perimenopause typically starts a few years before the menopause, external and can cause symptoms such as hot flushes, heavy bleeding and heart palpitations.

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doespalpitation mean?

Palpitation is most commonly used to refer to a heart palpitation—an unusually or abnormally rapid or violent beating of the heart.

Heart palpitations typically involve the heart beating hard and faster, and they may also involve an irregularity in rhythm.

Palpitation can also refer to the act, process, or an instance of palpitating—pulsing, throbbing, or trembling. When your heart palpitates, it beats more quickly or in a fluttering way.

Example: My doctor said my heart palpitations may be due to a combination of stress and too much caffeine.

Where doespalpitation come from?

The first records of the word palpitation come from around 1600. It comes from the Latin 貹辱پō-, meaning “a throbbing,” from the Latin verb 貹辱, meaning “to pulsate.”

Any rapid or irregular heartbeat can be called a palpitation. Frequent palpitations may be a sign of an illness. However, palpitations can happen occasionally for many other reasons, such as strenuous exercise, anxiety, or as a side effect of a medication. The caffeine in things like coffee and cola has been known to cause heart palpitation. Other times, you might get a heart palpitation upon seeing your crush or realizing you’re about to get in trouble.

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How ispalpitation used in real life?

Palpitation is most commonly used in the phrase heart palpitation.

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Which of the following things could cause a heart palpitation?

A. illness
B. anxiety
C. caffeine
D. all of the above

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