Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heart attack

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.89 in modern English

Syllables: heart at-tack
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.

noun

A major fright.

noun

Death or failure.

Example Sentences

"Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday."
"She'll have a heart attack when she sees that!"
"My computer had a heart attack when I tried to get it to run that program."

Inflected Forms

heart attacks (plural) heartattack (alternative) heart-attack (alternative)

Phrases

heart attack on a plate serious as a heart attack cardiac arrest heart failure

Frequently Paired Words

cardiac arrest heart failure

Synonyms

myocardial infarction

Questions

What does heart attack mean?: An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.

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