soldier's heart
soldier's heart noun: da Costa's syndrome, a disorder of the heart related to combat.
Noun
soldier's heart (uncountable)
- Da Costa's syndrome, a disorder of the heart related to combat.
- Whereas shell shock was relatively infrequent in other campaigns, soldier's heart was relatively frequent ...1916, The Times History of the War, page 334
- Parkinson and Koefod have investigated the immediate effect of smoking five cigarettes in forty minutes on the circulation of forty smokers, of whom thirty were suffering from soldier's heart and ten were healthy soldiers.1918, Arthur F. Hurst, Medical diseases of the war, page 285
Origin of soldier's heart
Dating to the American Civil War.
Questions about soldier's heart
- What does soldier's heart mean?
- Soldier's heart means da Costa's syndrome, a disorder of the heart related to combat.
- What part of speech is soldier's heart?
- Soldier's heart is a noun.
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