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- noun Plural form of
palpitation .
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Examples
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The cause of the palpitations is a new Medicare payment schedule that cut reimbursements so dramatically that the
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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It is not in and of itself life-threatening, although prolonged A-fib increases the risk of stroke, and the symptoms, such as palpitations and shortness of breath, can be frightening.
Atrial fibrillation is easy to find, but evidence on how best to treat it isn't 2010
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But it can cause symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath and fatigue.
Atrial-Fibrillation Patients Have Increasing Options for Treatment 2009
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Harmful effects such as palpitations, melancholy, and hemorrhoids were also noted.
1642-66 2001
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In the hollow divisions of the bamboo is found, in small quantities, a pure white tasteless substance, called tawurshear, [39] which as a medicine is in great request with the Native doctors, who administer it as a sovereign remedy for lowness of spirits, and every disease of the heart, such as palpitations, &c.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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The kingdom either directly or indirectly controls most of the Arab media, including Al-Jazeera's principal rival Al Arabiya, but it remains highly vulnerable to the kind of palpitations Al-Jazeera could easily provoke.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The GP may see patients with a murmur or symptoms such as palpitations or chest pain and suspect these to have a cardiac origin.
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Darwin often referred his "palpitations", which might have been an arrhythmia; episodes of precordial pain, however, are not often mentioned and no shortness of breath or fluid retention was ever noted.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Darwin often referred his "palpitations", which might have been an arrhythmia; episodes of precordial pain, however, are not often mentioned and no shortness of breath or fluid retention was ever noted.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Darwin often referred his "palpitations", which might have been an arrhythmia; but precordial pain is not often mentioned and no shortness of breath or fluid retention was ever noted.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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