Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heart_attack

1 sense of heart attack

Sense 1
heart attack -- (a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function)
       => attack -- (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea")
       => heart failure, coronary failure -- (inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions)