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Pairing; especially, the occurrence of heart beats in pairs. SYN: bigemini. [bi- + L. geminus, twin]

- atrial b. pairing of atrial beats, as when an atrial extrasystole is coupled to each sinus beat.

- atrioventricular junctional b. paired beats, each pair consisting of an AV nodal extrasystole coupled to a beat of the dominant, usually sinus, rhythm. SYN: nodal b..

- escape-capture b. paired beats, each couplet consisting of an escape beat followed by a conducted sinus beat or an escape beat followed by a conducted ectopic beat (usually atrial with retrograde P wave).

- nodal b. SYN: atrioventricular junctional b..

- reciprocal b. paired beats, each pair consisting of an AV nodal beat followed by a reciprocal beat.

- ventricular b. paired ventricular beats, the common form consisting of ventricular extrasystoles coupled to sinus beats.

bi·gem·i·ny bī-'jem-ə-nē n, pl -nies the state of having a pulse characterized by two beats close together with a pause following each pair of beats

bi·gem·i·nal -ən-əl adj

the condition in which alternate ectopic beat of the heart are transmitted to the pulse and felt as a double pulse beat (pulsus bigeminus). It is a common manifestation of digitalis poisoning.