- suffered a heart attack
- had an unexpected problem with his heart
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
suffered a heart attack
Look at other dictionaries:
heart attack — heart at,tack noun count * an occasion when someone suddenly has a lot of pain in their chest and their heart stops working: He died of a heart attack. One of the passengers suffered a heart attack … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
heart attack */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms heart attack : singular heart attack plural heart attacks an occasion when someone suddenly has a lot of pain in their chest and their heart stops working He died of a heart attack. One of the passengers… … English dictionary
Heart attack — The death of heart muscle due to the loss of blood supply. The loss of blood supply is usually caused by a complete blockage of a coronary artery, one of the arteries that supplies blood to the heart muscle. Death of the heart muscle, in turn,… … Medical dictionary
heart attack — noun a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function • Hypernyms: ↑attack, ↑heart failure, ↑coronary failure • Part Meronyms: ↑coronary thrombosis, ↑coronary, ↑myocardial infarction, ↑myocardial infar … Useful english dictionary
heart attack — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fatal ▪ massive, serious ▪ She died of a massive heart attack. ▪ mild, minor ▪ … Collocations dictionary
had a heart attack — suffered from a heart attack (sudden coronary failure) … English contemporary dictionary
Heart rate turbulence — (HRT) is the return to equilibrium of heart rate after a premature ventricular contraction (PVC). It consists of a brief speed up in heart rate, followed by a slow decrease back to the baseline rate. An important feature of HRT is that PVCs occur … Wikipedia
attack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 violence against sb ADJECTIVE ▪ brutal, frenzied, horrific, savage, serious, vicious, violent ▪ unprovoked … Collocations dictionary
attack — at|tack1 W1S2 [əˈtæk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(violence against somebody/something)¦ 2¦(in a war)¦ 3¦(criticism)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5¦(emotion)¦ 6¦(attempt to stop something)¦ 7¦(sport)¦ 8¦(damage)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
Affairs of the Heart (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Affairs of the Heart caption = genre = Sitcom runtime = 30 minutes creator = starring = Derek Fowlds Sarah Badel Holly Aird country = United Kingdom network = ITV first aired = 23 August 1983 last aired = 26 August… … Wikipedia
