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heart attack

noun

A2CEFR level
5/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

The everyday term for a myocardial infarction, when part of the heart muscle is damaged by a loss of blood supply.

I'm afraid the tests confirm you have had a heart attack, but we have caught it early.

Similar: myocardial infarction

Topic: Cardiology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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