Palpitation | Word Palpitation at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

A heart palpitation occurs when a person feels that his or her heart is beating irregularly.
I wake up at the slightest noise in the night, and, having some nerves of my own, usually get a case of heart palpitation, which is deucedly unpleasant.
Thus, in connection with the heart, its natural pulsation is energy, whereas its palpitation, which is an excessive and unnatural movement, is passion and not energy.
In connexion with the heart there are three phenomena, which, though apparently of the same nature, are really not so, namely palpitation, pulsation, and respiration.

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