Meanings
plural bradycardias
- countableuncountablecardiologyThe condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.
When your resting heart rate is under 60 bpm, providers call it bradycardia.
2024 March 15, “Heart Rate”, in Cleveland Health, archived from the original on 07 Aug 20241 more example
Both CRT-Ds and ICDs are implanted under the skin, in the patient’s upper chest area. The devices have wires called leads that attach to the heart and regulate the rhythm of the muscle. Defibrillators help patients with bradycardia – a slow heartbeat – by pacing the heartbeat and those with tachycardia – a fast heartbeat – by delivering shocks that reset heartbeats to normal.
2016 October 11, Hailey Middlebrook, “After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators’ failed batteries”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2020Synonyms: brachycardia · Antonyms: tachycardia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.
Origin
- Ancient Greekβραδύς“slow”
- Englishbradycardia
From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”), equivalent to brady- + -cardia.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan bradicàrdia
- bradicàrdiacondition of having a slow heartbeat
Chinese Mandarin 心跳過緩 /心跳过缓
- 心跳過緩 /心跳过缓 (xīntiào guòhuǎn)condition of having a slow heartbeat
Czech bradykardie
- bradykardiecondition of having a slow heartbeat
Finnish bradykardia
- bradykardiacondition of having a slow heartbeat
French bradycardie
- bradycardiecondition of having a slow heartbeat
German Bradykardie
- Bradykardiecondition of having a slow heartbeat
Greek βραδυκαρδία
- βραδυκαρδία (vradykardía)condition of having a slow heartbeat
Hungarian bradikardia
- bradikardiacondition of having a slow heartbeat
Indonesian bradikardia, bradikardi
- bradikardiacondition of having a slow heartbeat
- bradikardicondition of having a slow heartbeat
Italian bradicardia
- bradicardiacondition of having a slow heartbeat
Japanese 徐脈
- 徐脈 (jomyaku)condition of having a slow heartbeat
Polish bradykardia, rzadkoskurcz
- bradykardiacondition of having a slow heartbeat
- rzadkoskurczcondition of having a slow heartbeat
Russian брадикарди́я
- брадикарди́я (bradikardíja)condition of having a slow heartbeat
Spanish bradicardia
- bradicardiacondition of having a slow heartbeat
Swedish bradykardi
- bradykardicondition of having a slow heartbeat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bradycardia
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bradycardia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bradycardia
“bradycardia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bradycardia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bradycardia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bradycardia.
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