cardiac arrest

noun

: temporary or permanent cessation of the heartbeat

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Ultimately, sudden cardiac arrest in young, healthy people is shocking, tragic and more common than most realize. Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025 In an interview with Fox 11 Los Angeles, her husband Matthew revealed that minutes after their first son was born via cesarean section, his wife went into cardiac arrest after suffering an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE). Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Jamaican singer Cocoa Tea passed on March 11 after going into cardiac arrest shortly after a recent six-month battle with pneumonia and his 2019 lymphoma diagnosis. Kyle Denis, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2025 The bill is named after the first alleged victim, 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student Sarah Katz, who went into cardiac arrest and eventually died on Sept. 10, 2022, hours after drinking the lemonade. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cardiac arrest

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cardiac arrest was in 1873

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“Cardiac arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cardiac%20arrest. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

Medical Definition

cardiac arrest

noun
: abrupt temporary or permanent cessation of the heartbeat (as from ventricular fibrillation or asystole)

called also sudden cardiac arrest

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