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palpitation

[pal-pi-tey-shuhn] / ˌpæl pɪˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
throbbing
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But coffee consumption can lead to an increase in another type of heart palpitation, known as premature ventricular contractions.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

Kwok, then a senior research investigator at the National Biomedical Research Foundation, described experiencing numbness, weakness and palpitation lasting for about two hours after eating at Chinese restaurants.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2021

And you have that moment of heart palpitation thinking, Please, Tiger, pop out.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 19, 2019

There were his “fits” brought on by “excitements,” “flurries” leading to an “uncomfortable palpitation of the heart” and “air fatigues” that triggered his “head symptoms.”

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2010

So the palpitation would show up on the graph.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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