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ischaemic heart disease

noun

C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Heart disease caused by narrowed coronary arteries that reduce the blood supply to the heart muscle.

His long history of ischaemic heart disease made him a candidate for coronary bypass surgery.

Similar: coronary artery disease, CAD

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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