| Definitions | | heart attack |
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noun
- (context, cardiology, pathology) Acute myocardial infarction that is the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis which obstructs the blood supply to the heart resulting in necrosis of heart muscle. It is characterised by sudden severe chest pain often radiating to the shoulder, arm, or jaw, shortness of breath, nausea, loss of consciousness, and sometimes resulting in death.
Translations: - Dutch: hartaanval
- French: infarctus du myocarde
- German: Myokardinfarkt, akuter Myokardinfarkt
- Italian: infarto del miocardio
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- Spanish: infarto agudo de miocardio
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