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heart disease

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A structural or functional abnormality of the heart, or of the blood vessels supplying the heart, that impairs its normal functioning.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a disease of the heart

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synonyms (71)

Words with the same meaning

  1. angina
  2. angina pectoris
  3. aortic insufficiency
  4. aortic stenosis
  5. apoplectic stroke
  6. apoplexy
  7. arrhythmia
  8. arteriosclerosis
  9. atherosclerosis
  10. atrial fibrillation
  11. auricular fibrillation
  12. beriberi heart
  13. cardiac arrest
  14. cardiac insufficiency
  15. cardiac shock
  16. cardiac stenosis
  17. cardiac thrombosis
  18. carditis
  19. congenital heart disease
  20. cor biloculare
  21. cor juvenum
  22. cor triatriatum
  23. coronary
  24. coronary insufficiency
  25. coronary thrombosis
  26. diastolic hypertension
  27. encased heart
  28. endocarditis
  29. extrasystole
  30. fatty heart
  31. fibroid heart
  32. flask-shaped heart
  33. frosted heart
  34. hairy heart
  35. heart attack
  36. heart block
  37. heart condition
  38. heart failure
  39. high blood pressure
  40. hypertension
  41. hypertensive heart disease
  42. ischemic heart disease
  43. mitral insufficiency
  44. mitral stenosis
  45. myocardial infarction
  46. myocardial insufficiency
  47. myocarditis
  48. myovascular insufficiency
  49. ox heart
  50. palpitation
  51. paralytic stroke
  52. paroxysmal tachycardia
  53. pericarditis
  54. pile
  55. premature beat
  56. pseudoaortic insufficiency
  57. pulmonary insufficiency
  58. pulmonary stenosis
  59. rheumatic heart disease
  60. round heart
  61. sclerosis
  62. stony heart
  63. stroke
  64. tachycardia
  65. thrombosis
  66. tricuspid insufficiency
  67. tricuspid stenosis
  68. turtle heart
  69. varicose veins
  70. varix
  71. ventricular fibrillation

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. cardiovascular disease

hyponyms (11)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. angina
  2. angina pectoris
  3. arrhythmia
  4. cardiac arrhythmia
  5. cardiomyopathy
  6. coronary failure
  7. coronary heart disease
  8. heart failure
  9. myocardiopathy
  10. rheumatic heart disease
  11. valvular heart disease

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