心しん悸き

noun

palpitation; pounding of the heart

Medical term for the sensation of the heart beating strongly or irregularly. Often used in clinical descriptions or by patients describing symptoms. Compare with 動悸 (どうき), which is more common in everyday language for the same sensation.

See also: 動悸 (どうき)

• 患かん者じゃは心しん悸きを訴うったえた。

  The patient complained of palpitations.

• 心しん悸き亢こう進しんの症しょう状じょうが見みられる。

  Symptoms of tachycardia are observed.