CORONARY FAILURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coronary failure mean? 

• CORONARY FAILURE (noun)
  The noun CORONARY FAILURE has 1 sense:

1. inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions

  Familiarity information: CORONARY FAILURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORONARY FAILURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

coronary failure; heart failure

Hypernyms ("coronary failure" is a kind of...):

failure (loss of ability to function normally)

cardiopathy; heart disease (a disease of the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coronary failure"):

congestive heart failure (inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues)

heart attack (a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function)