OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31169

cardiac arrest

/ˈkɑɹdiˌæk əˈɹɛst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
paro cardiaco
The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.
She went a few months before Sukumar died, a cardiac arrest in the middle of an afternoon nap, her rickety heart beating one moment, and then no more.
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