cardiac arrest

noun

: temporary or permanent cessation of the heartbeat

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Hypothermia would quickly sap your ability to think clearly and degrade your motor functions, eventually leading to cardiac arrhythmia, loss of consciousness, and cardiac arrest. Alan Bradley, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026 Just as Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another reverberate America’s heartache, the sizzling American plays that Dyer’s chosen to oversee artistically foreshadow in different ways the cause of the country’s recent cardiac arrest. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026 According to the American Red Cross, the vast majority of people who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest don’t survive. Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 20 Feb. 2026 Andrew Fulcer died of sudden cardiac arrest on May 19, 2022, his mother, Rebecca Fulcer, said at this week’s East Dundee Village Board meeting, where the donation was announced. Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026 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 26 Feb. 2026.

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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