heart disease

noun

a disease which affects the functions of the heart.

Meanings

nounheart disease (countable and uncountable, plural heart diseases)

plural heart diseases

  1. countableuncountablea disease which affects the functions of the heart.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna disease of the heart

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan cardiopatia
  • cardiopatiadisease affecting the heart
Chinese Cantonese 心臟病 /心脏病
  • 心臟病 /心脏病 (sam¹ zong⁶ beng⁶)disease affecting the heart
Chinese Mandarin 心臟病 /心脏病
  • 心臟病 /心脏病 (xīnzàngbìng)disease affecting the heart
Esperanto kora malsano
  • kora malsanodisease affecting the heart
Estonian südamehaigus
  • südamehaigusdisease affecting the heart
Finnish sydäntauti
  • sydäntautidisease affecting the heart
French maladie cardiaque
  • maladie cardiaquedisease affecting the heart
German Herzkrankheit
  • Herzkrankheitdisease affecting the heart
Hindi हृदयरोग
  • हृदयरोग (hŕdayrog)disease affecting the heart
Hungarian szívbetegség
  • szívbetegségdisease affecting the heart
Icelandic hjartasjúkdómur, hjartveiki
  • hjartasjúkdómurdisease affecting the heart
  • hjartveikidisease affecting the heart
Indonesian penyakit jantung
  • penyakit jantungdisease affecting the heart
Latvian sirdskaite
  • sirdskaitedisease affecting the heart
Norwegian Bokmål hjertesykdom, hjertesjukdom
  • hjertesykdomdisease affecting the heart
  • hjertesjukdomdisease affecting the heart
Spanish cardiopatía
  • cardiopatíadisease affecting the heart
Turkish kalp hastalığı
  • kalp hastalığıdisease affecting the heart
Cite this entry
APA

heart disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20disease

MLA

“heart disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart disease,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20disease.

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