Heart Palpitation: 8 Reasons for Your Abnormal Heartbeat. Heart palpitations occur when the heart beat increasesâit may noting a flutter, skipped beat, or heart rate thatâs abnormally hard and fast in your chest, throat, or neck. Heart palpitations can be frightening if youâve never experienced them before.
a combining form meaning âwater,â used in the formation of compound words: aquiclude; aquiculture; aquifer. Also, aqua-. Origin of aqui-.
aquifer (confined)--soil or rock below the land surface that is saturated with water. There are layers of impermeable material both above and below it and it is under pressure so that when the aquifer is penetrated by a well, the water will rise above the top of the aquifer.