heart failure
The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the…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.
» He died quite suddenly of heart failure.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Herzschwäche, Herzinsuffizienz
серде́чная недоста́точностьserdéčnaja nedostátočnostʹ, серде́чная сла́бостьserdéčnaja slábostʹ
серце́ва недоста́тністьsercéva nedostátnistʹ
inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions
(countable, uncountable)The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest.
Herzversagen
остано́вка се́рдцаostanóvka sérdca, инфа́рктinfárkt, инфа́ркт миока́рдаinfárkt miokárda
Examples
8 sentencesHe died quite suddenly of heart failure.
Tom died of heart failure on October twentieth at the age of 93.
ruТом умер двадцатого октября в возрасте девяноста трёх лет от сердечной недостаточности. — marafon
deTom starb am zwanzigsten Oktober im Alter von 93 an Herzversagen. — Melang
Tom has congestive heart failure.
Tom has heart failure.
I have heart failure.
ruУ меня сердечная недостаточность. — Balamax
deIch habe Herzinsuffizienz. — AutoBot
Translations
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Forms
plural: heart failuresSynonyms
3 synonyms- inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions:coronary failure
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable