antiarrhythmic
adjective, noun
antiarrhythmic is an adjective meaning “Used to treat or prevent (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-A-R-R-H-Y-T-H-M-I-C, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does antiarrhythmic mean?
adjective
- 1
Used to treat or prevent (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
noun
- 1
A drug that treats or prevents (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of antiarrhythmic
- more antiarrhythmic comparative
- most antiarrhythmic superlative
- antiarrhythmics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antiarrhythmic?
Antiarrhythmic appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Antiarrhythmic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense used to treat or prevent arrhythmia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | antiarythmique |
| Portuguese | antiarrítmico |
| Spanish | antiarrítmico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does antiarrhythmic come from?
From anti- + arrhythmic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).