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heart failure

noun

  1. a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
  2. Also called congestive heart failure. a condition in which the heart fails to pump adequate amounts of blood to the tissues, resulting in accumulation of blood returning to the heart from the veins, and often accompanied by distension of the ventricles, edema, and shortness of breath.


heart failure

noun

  1. a condition in which the heart is unable to pump an adequate amount of blood to the tissues, usually resulting in breathlessness, swollen ankles, etc
  2. sudden and permanent cessation of the heartbeat, resulting in death


heart failure

  1. An acute or chronic inability of the heart to maintain adequate blood circulation to the peripheral tissues and the lungs, usually characterized by fatigue, edema, and shortness of breath. Heart failure has many causes, including coronary artery disease, hypertension, and cardiomyopathy.
  2. Also called congestive heart failure


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heart failure1

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

New York medical examiner Dr. Elliott Gross instead ruled that he died of heart failure.

By a sad coincidence, one of these heroes, John Michael Doar, died that same day from congestive heart failure.

The patient was finally seen only days ago, on May 16, when they were admitted to the hospital for decompensated heart failure.

Three days later, the 66-year-old Bannock expired of congestive heart failure and complications from diabetes.

It was too late and Mosk was pronounced DOA of heart failure.

Auld Jock had died of heart failure, from pneumonia and worn-out old age.

Then the Yale yell pealed forth, and Little Eva came near dying in reality from heart failure.

The protracted excitement has caused several deaths from heart failure, and I heard of two cases of acute mania.

As Burt said afterward, "I came so near havin' heart failure for a minute that I could see the funeral procession."

I nearly died of heart failure because I couldnt go in with em.

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