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cardiac arrest

/ˈkɑɹdiˌæk əˈɹɛst/

cardiac arrest noun: the sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.

Noun

cardiac arrest (countable and uncountable, plural cardiac arrests)

  1. 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.2025, Santanu Bhattacharya, Deviants, Fig Tree, page 249

cardiac arrest meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati and Arabic

cardiac arrest in Tamil

இதயத்தம்பம்

cardiac arrest in Malayalam

cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
ഹൃദയസ്തംഭനം hr̥dayastambhanaṁ

cardiac arrest in Gujarati

cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
હૃદયસ્તંભતા hŕdyastambhtā

cardiac arrest in Arabic

cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
سَكْتَة قَلْبِيَّة sakta qalbiyya
More languagesFewer languages
cardiac arrest in Malay
henti jantung
cardiac arrest in Indonesian
henti jantung
cardiac arrest in Thai
หัวใจหยุดเต้น hǔua-jai-yùt-dtên

Forms of cardiac arrest

pluralcardiac arrests

Questions about cardiac arrest

What does cardiac arrest mean?
Cardiac arrest means the sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.
What is cardiac arrest in Tamil?
Cardiac arrest in Tamil is இதயத்தம்பம். See Cardiac arrest meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cardiac arrest?
Cardiac arrest is a noun.
How do you pronounce cardiac arrest?
Cardiac arrest is pronounced /ˈkɑɹdiˌæk əˈɹɛst/.
What is the plural of cardiac arrest?
The plural of cardiac arrest is cardiac arrests.

Words near cardiac arrest in the dictionary

  1. cardhouses
  2. cardi
  3. cardi-
  4. cardia
  5. cardiac
  6. cardiac arrest
  7. cardiac arrests
  8. cardiac board
  9. cardiac boards
  10. cardiac muscle
  11. cardiac muscles

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