noun
a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm
• Syn: ↑antiarrhythmic drug, ↑antiarrhythmic medication
• Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug
• Hyponyms:
↑amiodarone, ↑Cordarone, ↑encainide, ↑Enkaid, ↑flecainide, ↑Tambocor, ↑mexiletine, ↑Mexitil, ↑quinidine, ↑Quinidex, ↑Quinora, ↑tocainide, ↑Tonocard
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\\"ˌ\ adjective (-s) : counteracting or preventing cardiac arrhythmia
an antiarrhythmic agent
• antiarrhythmic noun
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/an'tee euh ridh"mik, -euh rith"-, an'tuy-/, Pharm.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to any substance that prevents, inhibits, or alleviates heartbeat irregularities.
n.
2. any such substance, as lidocaine.
[1950-55; ANTI- + ARRHYTHMIC]
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antiarrhythmic /an-ti-ə-ridhˈmik/ (medicine)
adjective
Counteracting, or capable of controlling, arrhythmia
noun
An antiarrhythmic agent or drug
ORIGIN: ↑anti- (1)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.