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Bicipital rib
An irregular condition resulting from the fusion of two ribs, usually involving the first rib.
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Rhytidosis
Wrinkling of the cornea, which occurs when tension in the eyeball is greatly diminished, particularly after the escape of aqueous or vitreous humor; usually a sign of impending death. A wrinkling, notably of the cornea, often seen as a sign of impending death.
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Rhythm method of birth control
A method preventing pregnancy that uses abstinence from sexual relations around the time of ovulation.
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Ventricular rhythm
The pace and synchrony of ventricular depolarization.
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Junctional rhythm
An electrocardiographic rhythm arising in the atrioventricular junction. It appears as an electrocardiogram as a narrow QRS complex that lacks an upright P wave preceding it.
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Gamma rhythm
The 50-per-second rhythm seen in the electroencephalogram.
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Escape rhythm
A heart rhythm that arises from a junctional or ventricular source when impulses from the atria or atrioventricular node are blocked.
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Ectopic rhythm
A heart rhythm originating outside the sinoatrial node.
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Coupled rhythm
A rhythm in which every other heartbeat produces no pulse at the wrist.
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Cardiac rhythm
The predominant electrical activity of the heart. It may be determined by recording an electrocardiogram or by evaluating tracings made by a cardiac monitor.
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