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extra beat

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extra beat
Etymology: L, extra, outside; AS, beatan
an extra heart contraction. It is indicated by a premature atrial, junctional, or ventricular complex on an electrocardiogram.


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Given an extra beat of some butterfly's wings, would we all be looking at the
Each part of the heart has the potential to be irritable and cause an extra beat to occur.
But more tests showed the splotch was fatty tissue and doctors concluded that his heart was fine, despite the occasional extra beat.
 
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