ventricular tachycardia

noun

A heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.

“If your patient has a ventricular tachycardia then defibrillation may not work.”

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Meanings

nounventricular tachycardia (countable and uncountable, plural ventricular tachycardias)

plural ventricular tachycardias

  1. countableuncountableA heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.

    If your patient has a ventricular tachycardia then defibrillation may not work.

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    When your resting heart rate is over 100 bpm, providers call this tachycardia. This means you may have an issue with your heart’s conduction system that signals your heart to beat. Examples of this type of issue include atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia.

    2024 March 15, “Heart Rate”, in Cleveland Health, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2024

    Synonyms: VT, v-tach

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.

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VTv-tach

Origin

From ventricular + tachycardia.

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APA

ventricular tachycardia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventricular%20tachycardia

MLA

“ventricular tachycardia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventricular%20tachycardia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ventricular tachycardia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventricular%20tachycardia.

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