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Definition 2024

heart_disease

heart disease

English

Noun

heart disease ‎(countable and uncountable, plural heart diseases)

a disease which affects the functions of the heart.

Derived terms

coronary heart disease

Related terms

round heart disease (not a derivative)

Translations

disease affecting the heart

Chinese:

Cantonese: 心臟病, 心脏病 ‎(sam¹ zong⁶ beng⁶)

Hakka: 心臟病, 心脏病 ‎(sîm-chhong-phiang)

Mandarin: 心臟病 (zh), 心脏病 (zh) ‎(xīnzàngbìng)

Min Nan: 心臟病 (zh-min-nan), 心脏病 ‎(sim-chōng-pēⁿ, sim-chōng-pīⁿ)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: hjertesykdom m, hjertesjukdom m

Nynorsk: hjartesjukdom m

References

Simple Wikipedia
“heart disease” (US) / “heart disease” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.