heart attack
heart attack noun: an acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.
Noun
heart attack (plural heart attacks)
- An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.
- Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on...2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC
- Synonyms:
- myocardial infarction
- A major fright.
- She'll have a heart attack when she sees that!
- Death or failure.
- My computer had a heart attack when I tried to get it to run that program.
heart attack meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
heart attack in Hindi
- acute myocardial infarction
- हृदयाघात hŕdyāghāt
heart attack in Tamil
- acute myocardial infarction
- மாரடைப்பு māraṭaippu
heart attack in Urdu
- acute myocardial infarction
- دل کا دورہ dil ka daura, دورہ قلب daura qalb, قلبی دورہ qalbī daura, قلبی دور qalbī daur
heart attack in Telugu
- acute myocardial infarction
- గుండెపోటు guṇḍepōṭu
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- heart attack in Malayalam
- ഹൃദയാഘാതം hr̥dayāghātaṁ
- heart attack in Kannada
- ಎದೆಕಟ್ಟು, ಗುಂಡಿಗೆ ಕಟ್ಟು, ಹೃದಯಾಘಾತ, ಹೃದಯ ಸ್ತಂಭನ
- heart attack in Gujarati
- હૃદયાઘાત hŕdyāghāt
- heart attack in Tagalog
- atake sa puso
- heart attack in Arabic
- اِحْتِشَاء قَلْبِيّ iḥtišāʔ qalbiyy, احتشاء عضلة القلب
- heart attack in Malay
- serangan jantung
- heart attack in Indonesian
- serangan jantung
- heart attack in Persian
- سکته قلبی sakte-ye qalbi, انفارکتوس میوکارد enfârktus-e meyukârd
- heart attack in Vietnamese
- nhồi máu cơ tim
Synonyms of heart attack
Forms of heart attack
| plural | heart attacks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | heartattack |
| alternative form | heart-attack |
Words formed from heart attack
Questions about heart attack
- What does heart attack mean?
- Heart attack means an acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.
- What is heart attack in Hindi?
- Heart attack in Hindi is हृदयाघात (hŕdyāghāt). See Heart attack meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is heart attack?
- Heart attack is a noun.
- What is the plural of heart attack?
- The plural of heart attack is heart attacks.
Words near heart attack in the dictionary
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