heart attack
heart attack
nounDefinition of HEART ATTACK
: an acute episode of heart disease marked by the death or damage of heart muscle due to insufficient blood supply to the heart usually as a result of a coronary thrombosis or a coronary occlusion and that is characterized especially by chest pain —called also myocardial infarction
See Examples of HEART ATTACK
- Her chest pains turned out to be caused by a minor heart attack.
- He died of a massive heart attack.
First Known Use of HEART ATTACK
1928
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