palpitation
palpitations
A palpitation is when your heart beats quickly and irregularly. It's also any kind of shaky, quivery motion.
You know how your heart goes a mile a minute when you're excited? Then you've felt palpitations: that's when your heart beats fast and out of rhythm. Palpitations can be nothing serious or they could be signs of heart trouble. Also, a palpitation is any type of shaky motion, such as quivering or trembling. People with Parkinson's disorder have a lot of palpitations, and we all have palpitations — such as shaky hands — when we're nervous.
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a rapid and irregular heart beat
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type of:
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symptom
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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symptom
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a shaky motion
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types:
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tremolo
(music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones
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tremor
shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
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essential tremor
tremor of unknown cause (usually of the hands and head) that develops in older people; often mistaken for Parkinsonism but is not life-threatening and can usually be kept under control
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type of:
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motion
a state of change
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tremolo
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