reduplication /re·du·pli·ca·tion/ (re″doo-plĭ-ka´shun)
1. a doubling back.
2. the recurrence of paroxysms of a double type.
3. duplication (3).
re·du·pli·ca·tion (r -d  pl-k  sh n)n. 1. A redoubling. 2. A duplication or doubling, as of the sounds of the heart in certain diseased states. 3. The abnormal presence of two parts instead of a single part. 4. A fold or duplicature. re·du pli·cate v. |
reduplication
1. a doubling back.
2. the recurrence of paroxysms of a double type.
3. a developmental anomaly resulting in the doubling of an organ or part, with a connection between them at some point and the excess part usually a mirror image of the other.
heart sound reduplication
see gallop rhythm.
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