commotio cordis

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Etymology[edit]

Latin [Term?] (literally “agitation or disruption of the heart”), from agitation+cordis, from heart.

Noun[edit]

commotio cordis (uncountable) Literally, “heart agitation”.

  1. (medicine) An often lethal disruption of heart rhythm as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart at a critical time during the cycle of a heartbeat.
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