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Palpitations

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Updated: November 24, 2007

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Definition: The uncomfortable sensation that the heart is beating rapidly, out of sequence, too strenuously, or in some other abnormal fashion.
Pronunciation: pal-pit-AY-shuns
Also Known As: Heart Palpitations
Examples: She was alarmed when her heart began those rapid palpitations.
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