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cardiac arrest en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɑɹdiˌæk əˈɹɛst/

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.
   • She went a few months before Sukumar died, a cardiac arrest in the middle of an afternoon nap, her rickety heart beating one moment, and then no more. 2025, Santanu Bhattacharya, Deviants, Fig Tree, page 249:

Forms

Relateds

heart attack · ventricular fibrillation

Translations (44)

fi sydämenpysähdys (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · sh infarkt (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · acw سَكْتَة قَلْبِيَّة (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · da hjertestop (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · cmn 心臟停搏 /心脏停搏 (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · pl zatrzymanie akcji serca (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · fr arrêt cardiaque (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · acw جَلْطَة (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · ml ഹൃദയസ്തംഭനം (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · cmn 心搏驟停 /心搏骤停 (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · hu szívszélhűdés (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · is hjartastopp (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · ko 심정지 (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · eo korhalto (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · gu હૃદયસ્તંભતા (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · id henti jantung (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · es paro cardiaco (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · ar سَكْتَة قَلْبِيَّة (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · it arresto cardiaco (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · nl hartstilstand (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · la cessātiō circulātiōnis (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · pt parada cardíaca (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · ms henti jantung (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · sv hjärtstillestånd (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · cmn 心臟驟停 /心脏骤停 (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · ja 心停止 (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · th หัวใจหยุดเต้น (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · sh infarkt miokarda (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · ro stop cardiac (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · de Herzstillstand (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · tr kalp durması (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · de Kreislaufstillstand (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · pl nagłe zatrzymanie krążenia (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · ru остано́вка се́рдца (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · fi sydänpysähdys (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · el καρδιακή ανακοπή (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · pdt Hoatschlach (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · sh srčani udar (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · ca aturada cardíaca (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · pl NZK (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · hu szívbénulás (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · pt paragem cardíaca (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · cy ataliad y galon (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood) · hu (hirtelen) szívmegállás/szívleállás (cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood)