hartfalen
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hartfalen n (uncountable)
- (medicine) heart failure ((chronic) inability of the heart to circulate a sufficient amount of blood)
- (colloquial, media) heart attack
Usage notes[edit]
The sense “heart attack”, while ubiquitous in the media and in common parlance, is generally considered medically incorrect.
Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: gagal jantung (calque)