A heart palpitation occurs when a person feels that his or her heart is beating irregularly. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Palpitations] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Rival Pitchers of Oakdale] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [On youth and old age, on life and death, on breathing] Reference
Another kind of palpitation may sometimes arise from the retrograde motions of the heart, as in fear. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
'A very bad night, doctor, and the palpitation is worse. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
It is usually easy to distinguish the two kinds of palpitation. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
The following night he was attacked with palpitation of the heart. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
I must confess to a little palpitation when I heard the title read. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Coffee often disturbs the rhythm of the heart and causes palpitation. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Then another thought occurred to her which gave her a little heart palpitation. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
I was trembly all over, and my stomach generated a nervous palpitation that made me seasick. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
I was taken seriously ill with a violent palpitation of the heart, and kept my light burning. From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
Sometimes the sharp pains extend through the left lung, with violent palpitation of the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
In excess, tea causes nervous tremor, disturbed sleep, palpitation of the heart, and indigestion. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
He tried to regulate his breathing, trying to calm himself down, but palpitation took the better of him. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom] Reference
Sleep is disturbed by dreams, or one is awakened with a feeling of numbness and palpitation of the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
At fifteen he endeavored to enlist in the British Navy, but was rejected on account of palpitation of the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
They overwork themselves and bring on nervous breakdowns, palpitation and weakness of the heart, and often paralysis. From Wordnik.com. [Palmistry for All] Reference
Its use is a prolific source of indigestion, palpitation of the heart, persistent wakefulness, and of other disorders. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
"If you glare at the clock like that it is apt to develop palpitation of the heart and stop altogether," laughed Betty. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained] Reference
The treatment of palpitation resulting from some organic heart disease must be directed largely at the original disease. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
For Rackliff took no part in outdoor sports of any sort, protesting that too much exertion gave him palpitation of the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Rival Pitchers of Oakdale] Reference
Its action on the heart is well known, and is frequently manifested by violent palpitation and by disturbed action of the heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
With full-blooded, excitable persons, grapes in any quantity are apt to produce palpitation, and to quicken the circulation for a time. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Headache from anæmia is often associated with pallor of the face and lips, shortness of the breath, weakness, and palpitation of the heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Not a word passed between us as I tried to get into her, but I could hear the heavy breathing and the almost audible palpitation of her heart. From Wordnik.com. [Forbidden Fruit Luscious and exciting story and More forbidden fruit or Master Percy's progress in and beyond the domestic circle] Reference
It gives relief in heart palpitation, and in case of extreme sensibility, but its other poisonous effects far outweigh the temporary benefits. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
He heard now a hurrying step upon the pavement of the quadrangle, and, with a palpitation at the heart, he moved swiftly to put out the light, and listened. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
He looked into the ante-room, sent Nikíta out, in order to be quite alone, locked himself in, and, with a violent palpitation of the heart, opened his packet. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
Yet the Virginia physician, when he did take his patient's pulses, certainly did not lose his or her confidence by gravely considering the mysterious palpitation. From Wordnik.com. [Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699] Reference
Where palpitation of the heart causes sleeplessness, change cold towels over the heart, fomenting the feet if necessary, and the palpitation will usually soon yield. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
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