ALL meanings of heart attack
heart at·tack
H h - noun heart attack cardiac arrest, heart failure 1
- noun heart attack damage to an area of heart muscle that is deprived of oxygen, usually due to blockage of a diseased coronary artery, typically accompanied by chest pain radiating down one or both arms, the severity of the attack varying with the extent and location of the damage; myocardial infarction. 1
- noun heart attack An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue. 0
- noun heart attack (figuratively) Death or failure. 0
- countable noun heart attack If someone has a heart attack, their heart begins to beat very irregularly or stops completely. 0
- singular noun heart attack If you say that someone will have a heart attack about something, you are emphasizing that they will be very shocked or angry. 0
- noun heart attack any sudden severe instance of abnormal heart functioning, esp coronary thrombosis 0
- noun heart attack any sudden instance of the blood supply to the heart muscle itself becoming inadequate, resulting in heart muscle damage; esp., coronary thrombosis 0