torsade de pointes


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
torsade de pointes /tɔːˌsɑːd də ˈpwãt/
noun Medicine a form of tachycardia in which the heart's electrical activity varies cyclically.
– origin 1960s: Fr., lit. ‘twist of spikes’ (with ref. to the characteristic electrocardiogram produced).
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