CORONARY FAILURE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions

Synonyms:

coronary failure; heart failure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("coronary failure" is a kind of...):

failure (loss of ability to function normally)

cardiopathy; heart disease (a disease of the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coronary failure"):

congestive heart failure (inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues)

heart attack (a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function)