heartbeat

CEFRC1

/ˈhɑːtˌbiːt/

noun

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01
noun
The regular movement or sound of the heart pumping blood.
02
noun
Extra detail
A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.
One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
A very short space of time; an instant.

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Both CRT-Ds and ICDs are implanted under the skin, in the patient’s upper chest area. The devices have wires called leads that attach to the heart and regulate the rhythm of the muscle. Defibrillators help patients with bradycardia – a slow heartbeat – by pacing the heartbeat and those with tachycardia – a fast heartbeat – by delivering shocks that reset heartbeats to normal.
2016 October 11, Hailey Middlebrook, “After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators’ failed batteries”, in CNN
Dream Body Recovery is just one of countless recovery houses that have cropped up in Miami, which has become the heartbeat of the B.B.L. boom in the United States. The average price of a B.B.L. nationwide is around $5,000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 14 May 2022
Cause I love you more than life Take a bullet for you I swear, I swear In a heartbeat
2014, “Bullet”, Robbie Williams et al. (lyrics)

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