heart-failure

A form of heart failure — The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath.

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Meanings

nounheart-failure (countable and uncountable, plural heart-failures)

plural heart-failures

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of heart failure.
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APA

heart-failure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart-failure

MLA

“heart-failure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart-failure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart-failure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart-failure.

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