Usually means: Rapid, irregular, or forceful heartbeats.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. palpitation: Merriam-Webster
  2. palpitation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. palpitation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. palpitation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. palpitation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Palpitation, palpitation: Wordnik
  7. palpitation: Wiktionary
  8. palpitation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. palpitation: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. palpitation: Dictionary.com
  11. palpitation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Palpitation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Palpitation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. palpitation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. palpitation: Rhymezone
  16. Palpitation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. palpitation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. palpitation: FreeDictionary.org
  19. palpitation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. palpitation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palpitation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. palpitation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  4. palpitation: Sound Alike Words
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  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. palpitation: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  9. palpitation: Medical dictionary
  10. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Palpitation: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

(Note: See palpitate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (palpitation)

noun:  An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.

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