cardiac arrest

noun

: temporary or permanent cessation of the heartbeat

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His cause of death was later revealed to be cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease, according to the death certificate obtained by Fox News Digital. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025 Mac, who starred 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. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025 Cernan’s heart could accelerate to the level of cardiac arrest and the Houston doctor would never know it. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025 The hospital gave the cause of death as septic shock, with a secondary cause being cardiac arrest. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 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 15 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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