CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiac insufficiency mean? 

• CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY (noun)
  The noun CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY has 1 sense:

1. inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris

  Familiarity information: CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cardiac insufficiency; coronary insufficiency

Hypernyms ("cardiac insufficiency" is a kind of...):

insufficiency ((pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally)