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ANTIARRHYTHMIC

Dictionary entry overview: What does antiarrhythmic mean?

• ANTIARRHYTHMIC (noun)
The noun ANTIARRHYTHMIC has 1 sense:

1. a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm

Familiarity information: ANTIARRHYTHMIC used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANTIARRHYTHMIC (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antiarrhythmic; antiarrhythmic drug; antiarrhythmic medication

Hypernyms ("antiarrhythmic" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antiarrhythmic"):

amiodarone; Cordarone (an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective)

encainide; Enkaid (antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients)

flecainide; Tambocor (oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients)

mexiletine; Mexitil (antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias)

Quinidex; quinidine; Quinora (cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias)

tocainide; Tonocard (antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed)

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