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bradycardia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.ə/
  • General-American: /bɹeɪ.dɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/
  • General-American: /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑɹ.di.ə/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)diə
  • CMU ARPABET: B R AE2 D AH0 K AA1 R D IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: B R AE2 D IH0 K AA1 R D IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brachycardia

Antonyms: tachycardia

2

noun

Meaning 2

abnormally slow heartbeat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cardiac arrhythmia, arrhythmia

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”), equivalent to brady- + -cardia.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: bradicàrdia — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心跳過緩 /心跳过缓 (xīntiào guòhuǎn) — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Czech: bradykardie — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Finnish: bradykardia — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • French: bradycardie — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • German: Bradykardie — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Greek: βραδυκαρδία (vradykardía) — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Hungarian: bradikardia — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Indonesian: bradikardia — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Indonesian: bradikardi — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Italian: bradicardia — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Japanese: 徐脈 (jomyaku) — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Polish: bradykardia — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Polish: rzadkoskurcz — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Russian: брадикарди́я (bradikardíja) — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Spanish: bradicardia — condition of having a slow heartbeat
  • Swedish: bradykardi — condition of having a slow heartbeat