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flutter-fibrillation

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flutter-fibrillation /flut·ter-fi·bril·la·tion/ (-fĭ-brĭ-la´shun) impure flutters constantly varying in their resemblance to flutter or fibrillation, respectively.
flutter-fibrillation
n.
An electrocardiographic pattern of atrial activity with features of both fibrillation and flutter.

flutter-fibrillation
Etymology: AS, fleotan, to move quickly; L, fibrilla, small fiber
a type of atrial fibrillation (involuntary recurrent contraction) in which the irregular fibrillatory line resembles atrial flutter mixed with atrial fibrillatory waves.

flutter-fibrillation [flut´er-fi-brĭ-la´shun]
a supraventricular arrhythmia whose pattern on the electrocardiogram resembles both atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation.

flutter-fibrillation
impure flutters that vary from moment to moment in their resemblance to flutter or fibrillation, respectively.


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