hartfalen
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)