congestive heart failure
1congestive heart failure — n. heart failure characterized by weakness, breathlessness, and abnormal congestion in the circulatory system, esp. in the lungs or lower legs * * * Heart failure resulting in the accumulation of fluid in the lungs and other body tissues. It is… …
2congestive heart failure — n heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation compare CORONARY FAILURE * * * (CHF) a clinical syndrome… …
3congestive heart failure — n. heart failure characterized by weakness, breathlessness, and abnormal congestion in the circulatory system, esp. in the lungs or lower legs …
4congestive heart failure — congestive cardiac failure …
5congestive heart failure — noun inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues • Hypernyms: ↑heart failure, ↑coronary failure …
6congestive heart failure — noun Date: 1930 heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain an adequate circulation of blood in the bodily tissues or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the veins …
7congestive heart failure — conges′tive heart′ fail ure n. pat heart failure 2) • Etymology: 1930–35 …
8congestive heart failure. — See heart failure (def. 2). [1930 35] * * * …
9congestive heart failure. — See heart failure (def. 2). [1930 35] …
10congestive heart failure — noun A syndrome marked by weakness, edema and shortness of breath, due to the inability of the heart to circulate the blood adequately to the lungs and other tissues …