ventricular tachycardia: Meaning and Definition of

ventric'ular tachycar'dia

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— Pathol. Pathol.
  1. a cardiac arrhythmia in which the muscles of the ventricles contract irregularly in a rapid, uncoordinated manner, impairing the normal pumping of blood.
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