irritable heart
"Irritable heart" is an archaic medical term historically associated with soldiers, now understood as a psychosomatic or neurocirculatory condition.
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Definition
C1Medicine
(archaic)A condition marked by chest pain, palpitations, and fatigue, often linked to stress or anxiety.
Example
- During the Civil War, many soldiers were diagnosed with irritable heart due to the stress of combat.
C2Medicine
(technical)An outdated term for a set of symptoms including shortness of breath, sweating, and fatigue, now often attributed to psychiatric or psychosomatic disorders.
Example
- The symptoms of irritable heart were once mistaken for those of heart disease.