heart attack
433
2.0
- noun
- /ˈhɑrt əˌtæk/
- Specialized
:
infarto de miocardio
- The doctor explained that managing stress can help reduce the risk of a heart attack.
- risk of heart attack
- suffer a heart attack
- die of a heart attack
And my mother died of a heart attack, which was standard.
- And my mother died of a heart attack, which was standard.
- And unfortunately, the realtor had a heart attack, like, during the transaction.
- When I had the heart attack a year ago, I had no clue.
- Some patients, for example, are heart attack survivors.
- What happens if you end up having a heart attack or a stroke?
- Also, these can lead to cardiac arrest, heart attack or stroke.
- So he missed this huge risk factor for heart attack and cancer.
- He had a massive heart attack and we hadn't spoken to him for two days.
- At one year, your risk of a heart attack drops.
- It's not something that results in a heart attack in a matter of years.
- And he thinks to him, he says, I'm having a small heart attack, Notify wife, please, right.
- So a stroke is like a heart attack of the brain.
- There was this girl I knew she had a heart attack in her sleep.
- And they abbreviated their endpoint from heart attack strokes and blood clots to just heart attacks.
- More heart attacks in the low fat group.
- So stroke and heart attack and and others.
- Less deaths from heart attacks, heart failure, less strokes.
Examples
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He was rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart attack during the game.
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And my mother died of a heart attack, which was standard.
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In terms of heart attacks, normal individuals would have heart attacks at the normal age.
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Right, I worry about her having a heart attack.
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When I had the heart attack a year ago, I had no clue.
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Some patients, for example, are heart attack survivors.
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Six months ago, Jane T., a 48-year-old mother of two, had a heart attack.
Academic text (2011) -
Strategies to stop heart disease sufferers from having a subsequent heart attack have been known about for decades.
Academic text (2012) -
Many survivors of a heart attack can lead a normal life with proper treatment and lifestyle changes.
Synonyms
7
5.3
Damage to the heart muscle that happens when blood flow is blocked, a heart attack
Damage to the heart muscle when blood flow stops, often called a heart attack
How Severe
- Specialized
433
2.0
- Specialized
14
8.9
- Specialized
12
5.3
- Specialized
3
8.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sudden serious medical event affecting the heart' is directly derivable from combining 'heart' (the organ) with 'attack' (a sudden bout or seizure of symptoms) — i.e. an attack on the heart. This compositional interpretation is common in many languages and medical contexts, so a B1 learner who knows both words would very likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Heart attack creates a strong image of the heart being suddenly attacked. One popular story says doctors began using the word 'attack' for sudden illnesses, so when blood to the heart was quickly 'blocked' they called it a heart attack, meaning a sudden, serious heart problem.