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cardiac arrest

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹdiˌæk əˈɹɛst/
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Noun

cardiac arrest (countable and uncountable, plural cardiac arrests)

  1. (cardiology, pathology) The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.
    • 2025, Santanu Bhattacharya, Deviants, Fig Tree, page 249:
      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.

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