Tachycardia

Abnormal rapid heartbeat. In adults, a rate over 100 beats per minute is usually considered tachycardia. Tachycardia can occur as part of lactic acidosis, which may be caused by ...

tachycardia

Health care; Hospitals

Fast heart beat.

tachycardia

Pharmaceutical; Medical devices;

excessive rapidity in the action of the heart; the term is usually applied to a heart rate above 100 per minute and may be qualified as atrial, junctional (nodal), or ventricular, ...

kinase

Health care; Genetic disorders

Any of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer of phosphate groups from a high-energy phosphate-containing molecule (as ATP or ADP) to a substrate--called also phosphokinase.

hyperostosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

Increase in the mass of bone per unit volume.

type I skeletal muscle fibers

Health care; Genetic disorders

Skeletal muscle fibers having low myofibrillar ATPase activity, low glycogen content, and high myoglobin content, high mitochondrial oxidative enzyme activities, and an ...

pericardium

Health care; Genetic disorders

The fibroserous sac surrounding the heart and the roots of the great vessels.

fetus

Health care; Genetic disorders

An unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind; specifically: a developing human from usually two months after conception to ...

myosin light chain

Health care; Genetic disorders

The smaller subunits of myosins that bind near the head groups of myosin heavy chains. The myosin light chains have a molecular weight of about 20 KDa and there are usually one ...