anti-arrhythmic
adjective
an·ti-ar·rhyth·mic
ˌan-tē-(ˌ)ā-ˈrit͟h-mik 
ˌan-ˌtī-
ˌan-ˌtī-
variants
or antiarrhythmic
medical
: counteracting or preventing cardiac arrhythmia
anti-arrythmic agents
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This medication works with other anti-arrhythmic agents to prevent heart failure.
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antiarrhythmic
1 of 2 adjective
an·ti·ar·rhyth·mic
-(ˌ)ā-ˈrit͟h-mik
variants
or anti-arrhythmic
also antiarrhythmia
or anti-arrhythmia
: controlling, inhibiting, or preventing cardiac arrhythmia
an antiarrhythmic drug
antiarrhythmic therapy
antiarrhythmic
2 of 2 noun
variants
also anti-arrhythmic
: an agent (as a beta-blocker or calcium channel blocker) that controls, inhibits, or prevents cardiac arrhythmia
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