cardiac arrest

noun

: temporary or permanent cessation of the heartbeat

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When the Stewarts met him in 2022, he was being discharged from a children’s hospital after surviving cardiac arrest caused by malnutrition. Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 An Australian mother admitted neglecting her children so severely that one was hospitalized with lice eggs in her hair and dirt caked on her feet — and later died from cardiac arrest linked to poor nutrition. Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025 The cause was cardiac arrest, which occurred while the exotic bird was under anesthesia for a veterinary procedure last week. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2025 The legendary zoologist and conservationist, who dedicated her life to the study of chimpanzees, died at 91 from cardiac arrest, according to a death certificate obtained by TMZ. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 20 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 10 Nov. 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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