Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun premature_ventricular_contraction

1 sense of premature ventricular contraction

Sense 1
premature ventricular contraction, PVC -- (irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation)
       => cardiac arrhythmia, arrhythmia -- (an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart)