Bigeminal Definition

bī-jĕmə-nəl
adjective
Occurring in pairs; doubled or twinned.
Has a bigeminal pulse.
American Heritage Medicine

Occurring in pairs; doubled or twinned.

A bigeminal pulse.
Wiktionary
noun

The occurrence of premature atrial or ventricular heartbeats in pairs.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bigeminal

Noun

Singular:
bigeminal
Plural:
bigeminals

Origin of Bigeminal

  • Possibly from Late Latin bigeminus doubled Latin bi- two bi–1 Latin geminus double

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin bigeminus (“doubled"), from bi- (“two") + geminus (“double").

    From Wiktionary

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