A normal heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute at rest. Ventricular tachycardia is a regular, faster-than-normal heart rate that begins in the heart's lower chambers.
Umami (pronounced oo-MAH-mee) has been called the fifth taste, joining the traditional quartet of salty, sweet, bitter and sour. The word umami derives from the Japanese umai, which roughly translates as deliciousness [source: Umami Information Center]. Chefs have described it as everything from delicate and subtle to earthy, musty and mushroom-like [source: Ninomiya].
Name Origin. Sumerian comes from the Akkadian Å¡umeru, of unknown meaning. The Sumerians called their language eme-gir (eme âlanguageâ, gir of uncertain meaning, perhaps ânativeâ). Classification: It is a language isolate, no relatives are known.