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  • 1Heart attack (disambiguation) — Heart attack may refer to: *Heart attack, the common name for myocardial infarction, when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted *A disruption of the rhythm of the heart, sometimes caused by a myocardial infarction, that results… …

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  • 2Heart Attack (band) — Heart Attack was an early New York hardcore band.Heart Attack formed in late 1980. They are generally acknowledged for releasing the first New York Hardcore record, the three song 7 EP God is Dead .Fact|date=February 2008 Formed in the suburban… …

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  • 3heart attack — heart attacks 1) N COUNT If someone has a heart attack, their heart begins to beat very irregularly or stops completely. He died of a heart attack brought on by overwork. 2) N SING: a N (emphasis) If you say that someone will have a heart attack… …

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  • 4heart attack — heart at.tack n 1.) a sudden serious medical condition in which someone s heart stops working normally, causing them great pain have/suffer a heart attack 2.) give sb/have a heart attack informal to make someone suddenly feel frightened,… …

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  • 5heart attack — heart at,tack noun count * an occasion when someone suddenly has a lot of pain in their chest and their heart stops working: He died of a heart attack. One of the passengers suffered a heart attack …

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  • 6heart attack — heart′ attack n. 1) pat any sudden insufficiency of oxygen supply to the heart that results in heart muscle damage; myocardial infarction 2) pat any sudden disruption of heart function …

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  • 7heart attack — ☆ heart attack n. any sudden instance of the blood supply to the heart muscle itself becoming inadequate, resulting in heart muscle damage; esp., CORONARY THROMBOSIS …

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  • 8heart attack — [n] acute myocardial infarction angina pectoris, cardiac arrest, cardiovascular disease, coronary, coronary thrombosis; concept 308 …

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  • 9heart attack — ► NOUN ▪ a sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis …

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  • 10Heart attack — The death of heart muscle due to the loss of blood supply. The loss of blood supply is usually caused by a complete blockage of a coronary artery, one of the arteries that supplies blood to the heart muscle. Death of the heart muscle, in turn,… …

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