heart failure
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heart failure
noun heart failures · heart-failure
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The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath.
Similar: congestive cardiac failure, congestive heart failure
- The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest. Such is the vocal power of water bailiffs and farmers that their ‘Ois!’ can be projected at small boys from anything up to five miles away and still induce heart-failure.
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noun chronic inability of the heart
| Español | insuficiencia cardiaca |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 心不全 shinfuzen |
| 中文 | 心衰竭 xīnshuāijié, 心臟衰竭 /心脏衰竭 xīnzàng shuāijié, 心力衰竭 xīnlì shuāijié |
| Português | insuficiência cardíaca |
| Français | insuffisance cardiaque |
| Deutsch | Herzschwäche, Herzinsuffizienz |
| Italiano | insufficienza cardiaca, scompenso cardiaco |
| Ελληνικά | καρδιακή ανεπάρκεια kardiakí anepárkeia |
| Română | insuficiență cardiacă |
| Русский | серде́чная недоста́точность serdéčnaja nedostátočnostʹ, серде́чная сла́бость serdéčnaja slábostʹ |
| العربية | قُصُور القَلْب quṣūr al-qalb, فَشَل القَلْب fašal al-qalb |
noun cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest
| Español | paro cardiaco |
|---|---|
| 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, 心搏骤停) xīnbó zhòutíng |
| Deutsch | Herzversagen |
| Ελληνικά | συγκοπή sygkopí |
| Русский | остано́вка се́рдца ostanóvka sérdca, инфа́ркт infárkt, инфа́ркт миока́рда infárkt miokárda |
Talk about this word "heart failure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/heart%20failure. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. heart failure. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/heart%20failure "heart failure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/heart%20failure.Cite this
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title = {heart failure},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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