Associations to the word «Extrasystole»

Wiktionary

EXTRASYSTOLE, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

EXTRASYSTOLE, noun. A premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats