dysrhythmia

dysrhythmia
/dis ridh"mee euh/, n.
a disturbance of rhythm, as of speech or of brain waves recorded by an electroencephalograph.
[1905-10; < NL < Gk dys- DYS- + rhythm(ós) RHYTHM + -ia -IA]

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