Brady Health Dictionary

A distinctly slow heartbeat, which may be a normal idiosyncrasy or with causes ranging from regular strenuous exercise to abnormally slow heart stimulus to the side-effects of medication. Bradycardia is usually defined as a pulse below sixty beats a minute, or seventy in children.... bradycardia

A plasma polypeptide that tends to lower blood pressure and increase capillary permeability.... bradykinin

Bradykinesia refers to the slow, writhing movements of the body and limbs that may occur in various brain disorders (see ATHETOSIS).... bradykinesia

A slow, but regular heart-rate (less than 60 beats per minute) caused by reduced electrical activity in the sinoatrial node. Sinus bradycardia is normal in athletes, but in others it may be caused by hypothyroidism, a myocardial infarction, or by drugs such as beta-blockers or digoxin.... sinus bradycardia

n. see arrhythmia.... bradyarrhythmia