congestive heart failure

English

Noun

congestive heart failure (countable and uncountable, plural congestive heart failures)

1. (medicine) A syndrome marked by weakness, edema and shortness of breath, due to the inability of the heart to circulate the blood adequately to the lungs and other tissues.

Translations

syndrome marked by weakness, edema and shortness of breath, due to the inability of the heart to circulate the blood adequately to the lungs and other tissues — See also translations at heart failure

• Hungarian: pangásos szívelégtelenség
• Japanese: 鬱血性心不全 (うっけつせいしんふぜん, ukketsuseishinfuzen)