cardiac arrest

noun

: temporary or permanent cessation of the heartbeat

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Famed Indian bodybuilder Varinder Singh Ghuman died earlier this week at age 42 after reportedly going into cardiac arrest during surgery. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 Several California State Parks Ocean Lifeguards earned the Heroic Act Award for treating an Fijian outrigger paddler having a cardiac arrest during a trek from Catalina to Newport Beach. Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025 Bernie Mac, who starred in the Ocean's trilogy as fast-talking Frank Catton and was revered as one of the funniest comic actors of the last half-century, died at 50 due to cardiac arrest just a year after Ocean's 13 premiered. Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025 Mark your calendar October is awareness month for eye injury prevention, healthy lungs, ADHD, breast cancer, dental hygiene, Down syndrome, spina bifida, sudden cardiac arrest and sudden infant death syndrome. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cardiac arrest

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cardiac arrest was in 1873

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“Cardiac arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cardiac%20arrest. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

Medical Definition

cardiac arrest

noun
: abrupt temporary or permanent cessation of the heartbeat (as from ventricular fibrillation or asystole)

called also sudden cardiac arrest

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