Meanings
nouncardiac arrest (countable and uncountable, plural cardiac arrests)
plural cardiac arrests
- countableuncountablecardiologyThe sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.
She went a few months before Sukumar died, a cardiac arrest in the middle of an afternoon nap, her rickety heart beating one moment, and then no more.
2025, Santanu Bhattacharya, Deviants, Fig Tree, page 249
Synonyms & antonyms
nounabsence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
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Translations
Arabic سَكْتَة قَلْبِيَّة
- سَكْتَة قَلْبِيَّة (sakta qalbiyya)cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Catalan aturada cardíaca
- aturada cardíacacessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Chinese Mandarin 心臟停搏 /心脏停搏, 心臟驟停 /心脏骤停
- 心臟停搏 /心脏停搏 (xīnzàng tíngbó)cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
- 心臟驟停 /心脏骤停 (xīnzàng zhòutíng)cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
- 心搏驟停 /心搏骤停 (xīnbó zhòutíng)cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Danish hjertestop
- hjertestopcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Dutch hartstilstand
- hartstilstandcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Esperanto korhalto
- korhaltocessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Finnish sydänpysähdys, sydämenpysähdys
- sydänpysähdyscessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
- sydämenpysähdyscessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
French arrêt cardiaque
- arrêt cardiaquecessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
German Kreislaufstillstand, Herzstillstand
- Kreislaufstillstandcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
- Herzstillstandcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Greek καρδιακή ανακοπή
- καρδιακή ανακοπή (kardiakí anakopí)cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Hungarian (hirtelen) szívmegállás/szívleállás, szívszélhűdés
- (hirtelen) szívmegállás/szívleálláscessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
- szívszélhűdéscessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
- szívbénuláscessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Icelandic hjartastopp
- hjartastoppcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Indonesian henti jantung
- henti jantungcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Italian arresto cardiaco
- arresto cardiacocessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Japanese 心停止
- 心停止 (shinteishi)cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Korean 심정지
- 심정지 (simjeongji)cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Latin cessātiō circulātiōnis
- cessātiō circulātiōniscessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Malay henti jantung
- henti jantungcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Polish zatrzymanie akcji serca, nagłe zatrzymanie krążenia
- zatrzymanie akcji sercacessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
- nagłe zatrzymanie krążeniacessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
- NZKcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Portuguese parada cardíaca, paragem cardíaca
- parada cardíacacessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
- paragem cardíacacessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Romanian stop cardiac
- stop cardiaccessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Russian остано́вка се́рдца
- остано́вка се́рдца (ostanóvka sérdca)cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Spanish paro cardiaco
- paro cardiacocessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Swedish hjärtstillestånd
- hjärtstilleståndcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Thai หัวใจหยุดเต้น
- หัวใจหยุดเต้น (hǔua-jai-yùt-dtên)cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Turkish kalp durması
- kalp durmasıcessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
Welsh ataliad y galon
- ataliad y galoncessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood
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