Definition of "tachycardia" [tachycardia]

• A rapid heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute in an adult. (noun)

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• "That causes the heart to race, a condition called tachycardia, as it tries to get more blood to the head."
• "Disney's Hannah Montana star and pop-country singer, Miley Cyrus, revealed in her autobiography Miles to Go, that she has a heart condition called tachycardia,"
• "Cyrus has a condition called tachycardia, which causes her heart rate to speed up."