cardiac arrest

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cardiac arrest

  • /ˈkɑɹdiˌæk əˈɹɛst/

noun cardiac arrests

  1. countable, uncountable The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood. She went a few months before Sukumar died, a cardiac arrest in the middle of an afternoon nap, her rickety heart beating one moment, and then no more.

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noun cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood

Españolparo cardiaco
한국어심정지 simjeongji
日本語心停止 shinteishi
中文心臟停搏 /心脏停搏 xīnzàng tíngbó, 心臟驟停 /心脏骤停 xīnzàng zhòutíng, 心搏驟停 /心搏骤停 xīnbó zhòutíng
Portuguêsparada cardíaca, paragem cardíaca
Françaisarrêt cardiaque
DeutschKreislaufstillstand, Herzstillstand
Italianoarresto cardiaco
Ελληνικάκαρδιακή ανακοπή kardiakí anakopí
Românăstop cardiac
Русскийостано́вка се́рдца ostanóvka sérdca
العربيةسَكْتَة قَلْبِيَّة sakta qalbiyya

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@misc{cardiac_arrest_2026,
  title = {cardiac arrest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cardiac%20arrest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}