commotio cordis

English

Etymology

Latin [Term?] (literally “agitation or disruption of the heart”), from agitation+cordis, from heart.

Noun

commotio cordis (uncountable) Literally, “heart agitation”.

1. (medicine) An often lethal disruption of heart rhythm as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart at a critical time during the cycle of a heartbeat.