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heart failure definition

heart failure

  1. the failure of the heart to beat or to pump blood
  2. the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to maintain an adequate flow to and from the body tissues

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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