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broken-heart syndrome

broken-heart syndrome is the alternative form of broken heart syndrome.

Meaning of broken heart syndrome

Noun

broken heart syndrome (uncountable)

  1. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by emotional stress, such as the death of a loved one.

Questions about broken-heart syndrome

What is broken-heart syndrome the alternative form of?
Broken-heart syndrome is the alternative form of broken heart syndrome.

Words near broken-heart syndrome in the dictionary

  1. broken-backed
  2. broken-down
  3. broken-down valise
  4. broken-down valises
  5. broken-handed
  6. broken-heart syndrome
  7. broken-hearted
  8. broken-heartedly
  9. broken-heartedness
  10. broken-mouthed
  11. broken-winded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: broken-heart syndrome (page history and authors); broken heart syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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