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heart failure

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. 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.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest.
    countable, uncountable

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

heart line heart massage heart murmur heart muscle heart neckline heart note

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