congestive heart failure
31failure — /fayl yeuhr/, n. 1. an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure. 2. nonperformance of something due, required, or expected: a failure to do what one has promised; …
32heart — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. center, substance; kernel, pith, gist, core; breast; spirit, courage; sympathy, affection, understanding; nature, soul. See importance, middle, feeling, interior. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The pump in… …
33congestive — [[t]kənʤe̱stɪv[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A congestive disease is a medical condition where a part of the body becomes blocked. [MEDICAL] ...congestive heart failure …
34congestive cirrhosis — cirrhosis caused by increased hepatic venous pressure or thrombosis; commonly due to congestive heart failure (cardiac cirrhosis) or to obstruction of the hepatic vein …
35failure — The state of insufficiency or nonperformance. backward heart f. a concept (formerly considered mutually exclusive with forward heart f.) that maintains that the phenomena of congestive heart f. result from passive engorgement of the veins caused… …
36congestiveheart failure — congestive heart failure n. A condition marked by weakness, edema, and shortness of breath that is caused by the inability of the heart to maintain adequate blood circulation in the peripheral tissues and the lungs. * * * …
37coronary failure — noun inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions • Syn: ↑heart failure • Hypernyms: ↑heart disease, ↑cardiopathy, ↑failure • Hyponyms: ↑congestive heart failure, ↑ …
38Artificial heart — This article is about the mechanical device. For the album, see Artificial Heart (album). The SynCardia temporary CardioWest Total Artificial Heart …
39coronary failure — n heart failure in which the heart muscle is deprived of the blood necessary to meet its functional needs as a result of narrowing or blocking of one or more of the coronary arteries compare CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE …
40Respiratory failure — is a medical term for inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system. Respiratory failure can be indicated by observing a drop in blood oxygenation (hypoxemia) and/or a rise in arterial carbon dioxide (hypercapnia), which can be written as… …
