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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any morbid condition of the heart, either nervous or organic.

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Examples

  • Harvard researchers also found that blood levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of heart-disease risk, can spike if you skip the sheets for just a few hours.

    The Cost Of Lost Shut-Eye menshealth.com 2010

  • Harvard researchers also found that blood levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of heart-disease risk, can spike if you skip the sheets for just a few hours.

    The Cost Of Lost Shut-Eye menshealth.com 2010

  • Researchers studying heart-disease patients found that optimists were more likely than non-optimistic patients to take vitamins, eat low-fat diets and exercise, thereby reducing their overall coronary risk.

    The Optimism Bias by Tali Sharot: extract 2012

  • Harvard researchers also found that blood levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of heart-disease risk, can spike if you skip the sheets for just a few hours.

    The Cost Of Lost Shut-Eye The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Since midcentury, the heart-disease death rate has fallen by 1.7% annually, though progress seems to have slowed in recent years and it remains the leading killer in the U.S.

    The Story of Dick Cheney's Heart Joseph Rago 2011

  • The pill was the brainchild of study leader Salim Yusuf of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., and a few other experts intent on halting a heart-disease epidemic that claims 18 million lives each year, most of them in countries with little access to health care.

    'Polypill' slashes heart attack and stroke risk 2009

  • "It's a good thing everybody is allowed to have their say, but the FDA has to do its job," said heart-disease expert Sanjay Kaul, who served as an FDA adviser and voted against lorcaserin.

    FDA to Decide Obesity Drug Lorcaserin's Fate Alicia Mundy 2010

  • Imaging tests often are reserved for patients with chest pain or other heart-disease signs.

    Limits of New Screen for Heart Disease Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011

  • In addition, the couples were put in heart-scanning machines to measure coronary calcium levels, which are a useful indicator of heart-disease risk.

    Is There a Health Advantage to Being Married? | Impact Lab 2010

  • Harvard researchers also found that blood levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of heart-disease risk, can spike if you skip the sheets for just a few hours.

    The Cost Of Lost Shut-Eye The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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