normal rhythm
Expected regular pattern
Normal rhythm refers to the heart's standard electrical pattern, specifically sinus rhythm—the regular heartbeat originating from the heart's natural pacemaker.
Doctors use it as the baseline for identifying arrhythmias: The EKG showed normal rhythm.
Outside cardiology, the phrase describes any expected or healthy pattern of activity: Sleep returned to its normal rhythm after the jet lag passed.
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- pulseArterial blood throb
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
- resting heart rateIdle cardiac rhythm
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normal rhythmarrhythmia
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
irregular heartbeat · dysrhythmia · cardiac arrhythmia · atrial fibrillation · ventricular fibrillation
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