coronary heart disease

English

Noun

coronary heart disease (uncountable) (abbreviation CHD)

1. (pathology, cardiology) Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.

Synonyms

• coronary artery disease

Translations

disease of the heart

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冠心病 (zh) (guānxīnbìng)

• Finnish: sepelvaltimotauti (fi)
• German: koronare Herzkrankheit f
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• Italian: coronaropatia f
• Russian: ишеми́ческая боле́знь се́рдца f (išemíčeskaja boléznʹ sérdca), корона́рная недоста́точность f (koronárnaja nedostátočnostʹ), корона́рная боле́знь f (koronárnaja boléznʹ)
• Vietnamese: bệnh tim mạch vành

See also

• heart attack