Heartbeat vs Extrasystole - What's the difference?
heartbeat | extrasystole |
One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator
A driving impulse or vital force.
A very short space of time; an instant.
(computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.
(medicine) A premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.
*1914 , Thomas Lewis et al.'', "The Excitatory Process in the Dog's Heart," ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, containing Papers of a Biological Character , vol. 205, p. 404:
*:An extrasystole originating at the rhythmic centre is thus followed by a returning cycle of natural length.
*2005', Gian-Battista Chierchia MD ''et al.'', "Arrhythmia Rounds: A Case of Junctional '''Extrasystoles ?" ''Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology , vol. 16, no. 5, p. 557:
*:A 30-year-old woman, with no heart disease, was referred to our center with a history of rare episodes of sustained tachycardia and frequent feeling of extrasystoles .
As nouns the difference between heartbeat and extrasystole
is that heartbeat is one pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it while extrasystole is extrasystole.heartbeat
English
Noun
(en noun)- The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain
- ''He alone gives me such heartbeats
- ''If your heartbeat doesn't normalize soon, consult a doctor!
- Music is the heartbeat of the people.
- The ambulance arrived in a heartbeat .
