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heart disease

noun

  1. any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heart disease1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

Too much saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, regardless of whether it comes from plants or animals.

If left uncontrolled, the disease can damage many parts of the body and is associated with serious complications including heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure and nerve damage.

It also “affects physiological processes involved in maintaining good health,” he adds, noting links to obesity, hypertension and heart disease.

Critics also say the work did not exclude participants with preexisting health problems, including those that could make them vulnerable to heart disease.

The big killers like cancer and heart disease weren’t to blame.

The 54-year-old trauma doctor and father of three is suffering from heart disease.

In refined form, sugar (also known as sucrose) has been linked to everything from heart disease to diabetes.

Hamer died March 17, 1977 from complications of heart disease and breast cancer.

So you can reduce your risk of heart disease, by a lot, without lowering your LDL.

The lack of correlation between saturated fat intake and heart disease risk still stands.

The next morning a telegram informed us of my mother's sudden death from heart-disease at exactly that hour.

As nearly I can determine he died of heart disease or from rupturing an artery through sudden fright.

"The doctor says he died suddenly of heart disease," said the consul.

In his later days he became afflicted with painful rheumatic attacks, and the terrible symptoms of confirmed heart-disease.

"Perhaps it's heart disease," said Anthony, and grinned, for he knew the soundness of his health.

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