henti jantung

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of henti (“stop”) +‎ jantung (“heart”), calque of Dutch hartstilstand (“cardiac arrest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhən̪.t̪i ˈd͡ʒän̪.t̪uŋ/

Noun

hênti jantung (first-person possessive henti jantungku, second-person possessive henti jantungmu, third-person possessive henti jantungnya)

1. (cardiology, emergency medicine, pathology) cardiac arrest.

Further reading

• “henti jantung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.