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artefact
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artefact /ar·te·fact/ (ahr´tĕ-fakt″) artifact.
ar·te·fact (ärt-fkt)
n.
Variant of artifact.
artefact.
See artifact.
artefact
artifact
artefact 
Anything made or introduced artificially which misleads the results of an investigation, image or test. Example: in visual evoked cortical potentials, any wave that has its origin elsewhere than in the visual area.


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In the case described here, the stable clinical state during the ECG recording is evidence that the cardiac rate was not that of the artifactual oscillations; namely, 220 beats per minute.
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