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Definition: Atrial |
AtrialAdjective1. (anatomy) of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Pertaining to an atrium. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation : Should Anticoagulants or Aspirin be Used for Life? Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks? / National Institutes of Health. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT). (references) | |
Premature supraventricular contractions or premature atrial contractions (PAC). (references) | ||
Atrial fibrillation is irregular beating of the left atrium, or left upper chamber, of the heart. (references) | ||
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| "Atrial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Atrial" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 27 | 66,962 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "atrial": Atrial Appendage ♦ atrial artery ♦ atrial auricle ♦ atrial fibrillation ♦ atrial flutter ♦ Atrial Function ♦ atrial inhibited ♦ Atrial Natriuretic Factor ♦ Atrial Premature Complexes ♦ atrial septal defect ♦ atrial septum ♦ atrial standstill ♦ atrial triggered ♦ internodal atrial myocardium ♦ internodal atrial pathways. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "atrial": sinu-atrial. | |
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| Language | Translations for "atrial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 審訊 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | atrie-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | atriaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sydänkorvakeperäinen rytmihäiriö (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia), sydäneteisen myksooma (atrial myxoma), eteisperäinen rytmihäiriö (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | auriculaire, atrial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | atrial, den Vorhof des Herzens betreffend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | νόσος των καρδιακών κόλπων (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia), μύξωμα του κόλπου (atrial myxoma), διαταραχή του κολπικού ρυθμού (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | atriale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atrialay atrial. (various references) taquicardia paroxística (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia), mixoma auricular (atrial myxoma), defecto del tabique auricular (atrial septal defect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "atrial": sinoatrial. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "atrial" (pronounced 'A"tri*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lariat, latria. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: altar, artal, atria, laari, ratal, riata, talar, tiara, trail, trial. | |
-2 letters: airt, alar, alit, aria, aril, lair, lari, lati, liar, lira, raia, rail, rial, tail, tala, tali, tirl. | |
-3 letters: aal, ail, air, ait, ala, alt, art, lar, lat, lit, rat, ria, tar, til. | |
-4 letters: aa, ai, al, ar, at, it, la, li, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: lariats, latrias, marital, martial, partial, rattail, talaria, travail. | |
+2 letters: alacrity, alarmist, arbalist, arbitral, arillate, arterial, barbital, brantail, diastral, iatrical, lariated, material, notarial, parietal, partials, primatal, rational, rattails, salariat, taffrail, tailrace, tragical, travails, triaxial, varietal. | |
+3 letters: actuarial, admiralty, aerialist, alarmists, aleatoric, alienator, aliteracy, aliterate, alligator, altricial, amorality, antiglare, antilabor, antisolar, antiviral, arability, arbalists, arterials, articular, artisanal, auctorial, authorial, bacterial, barbitals, baritonal, bilateral, brantails, broadtail, calibrate, cantorial, capitular, carnality, cartilage, diametral, erratical, estuarial, factorial, gladiator, impartial, inhalator, laminator, lariating, magistral, maladroit, maritally, martially, materials, militaria, palliator, paralytic, parietals, partially, pastorali, perinatal, piratical, planarity, practical, primatals, primatial, psalteria, racialist, radiantly, radiately, raptorial, rascality, rationale, rationals, retaliate, salariats, salivator, sartorial, satirical, taffrails, tailboard, tailgater, tailraces, tailwater, tamarillo, tarpaulin, theriacal, trailhead, trainable, trainload, travailed, tularemia, varietals. | |
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