Meanings
plural cardiovascular diseases · abbreviation CVD
- countableuncountableA disease involving the heart or blood vessels, i.e. arteries and veins, such as coronary heart disease.
Near-synonym: heart disease
1 more example
Taking a daily multivitamin might be associated with improved brain function in older adults, a new study says, and the benefit appears to be greater for those with a history of cardiovascular disease.
2022 September 14, Jacqueline Howard, “Study finds potential link between daily multivitamin and improved cognition in older adults”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 May 2023Synonyms: heart disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA disease involving the heart or blood vessels, i.e. arteries and veins, such as coronary heart disease.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 心血管疾病
- 心血管疾病 (xīnxuèguǎn jíbìng)disease involving the heart or blood vessels
Esperanto korvaskula malsano
- korvaskula malsanodisease involving the heart or blood vessels
Finnish sydän- ja verisuonitaudit
- sydän- ja verisuonitauditdisease involving the heart or blood vessels
French maladie cardiovasculaire
- maladie cardiovasculairedisease involving the heart or blood vessels
German Herz-Kreislauferkrankung, Herz-Kreislauf-Krankheit
- Herz-Kreislauferkrankungdisease involving the heart or blood vessels
- Herz-Kreislauf-Krankheitdisease involving the heart or blood vessels
Greek καρδιαγγειακή πάθηση
- καρδιαγγειακή πάθηση (kardiangeiakí páthisi)disease involving the heart or blood vessels
Japanese 心血管疾患
- 心血管疾患 (shinkekkan shikkan)disease involving the heart or blood vessels
Polish choroba układu krążenia
- choroba układu krążeniadisease involving the heart or blood vessels
Russian серде́чно-сосу́дистое заболева́ние
- серде́чно-сосу́дистое заболева́ние (serdéčno-sosúdistoje zabolevánije)disease involving the heart or blood vessels
Ukrainian серце́во-суди́нне захво́рювання
- серце́во-суди́нне захво́рювання (sercévo-sudýnne zaxvórjuvannja)disease involving the heart or blood vessels
Vietnamese bệnh tim mạch
- bệnh tim mạchdisease involving the heart or blood vessels
Cite this entry
cardiovascular disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardiovascular%20disease
“cardiovascular disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardiovascular%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cardiovascular disease,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardiovascular%20disease.
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