palpitation

English

From Middle French palpitation, from Latin palpitatio.

palpitation (countable and uncountable, plural palpitations)

An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.
- 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, OCLC 830979744, pages 101–102:
  Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly, that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.

abnormal beating of the heart

Armenian: սրտխփոց (hy) (srtxpʿocʿ)
Azerbaijani: ürəkdöyünmə, ürəkçırpıntısı
Bulgarian: сърцебиене n (sǎrcebiene)
Catalan: palpitació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 心悸 (zh) (xīnjì)
Czech: palpitace (cs) f
Finnish: sydämentykytys (fi)
French: palpitation (fr) f
Georgian: პალპიტაცია (ka) (ṗalṗiṭacia)
German: Herzklopfen (de) n, Palpitation (de) f
Greek: παλμός (el) m (palmós), καρδιοχτύπι (el) n (kardiochtýpi)
Ancient: ἄραδος m (árados)
Haitian Creole: palpitasyon
Japanese: 動悸 (ja) (どうき, dōki)
Macedonian: срцеби́ење n (srcebíenje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: palpitasjon m, hjertebank m
Nynorsk: palpitasjon m, hjartebank m or n
Persian: تپش قلب‎
Polish: palpitacja (pl) f
Portuguese: palpitação (pt) f
Russian: си́льное сердцебие́ние n (sílʹnoje serdcebijénije), пальпита́ция (ru) f (palʹpitácija)
Scottish Gaelic: plosg m, plosgadh m
Serbo-Croatian: palpitacija (sh) f
Spanish: palpitación f
Swedish: hjärtklappning c
Tagalog: tahip, sikdo
Ukrainian: пальпіта́ція f (palʹpitácija)

From Latin palpitātiō.

palpitation f (plural palpitations)