心不全(しんふぜん)

しんふぜん
noun
heart failure
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1. heart failure
A condition in which the heart cannot pump blood effectively enough to meet the body's needs. A serious illness and a frequent cause of death listed in news reports and obituaries.
祖父(そふ)は心不全(しんふぜん)で亡(な)くなった。
My grandfather died of heart failure.
急性(きゅうせい)心不全(しんふぜん)で入院(にゅういん)した。
He was hospitalized with acute heart failure.
慢性(まんせい)心不全(しんふぜん)の患者(かんじゃ)は塩分(えんぶん)摂取(せっしゅ)を制限(せいげん)する必要(ひつよう)がある。
Patients with chronic heart failure need to restrict their salt intake.

Compound of 心(しん) (heart) + 不全(ふぜん) (insufficiency/failure of an organ). The 不全(ふぜん) element appears in many medical condition names: 腎(じん)不全(ふぜん) (kidney failure), 呼吸(こきゅう)不全(ふぜん) (respiratory failure).

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Compare: 心筋梗塞(しんきんこうそく) (myocardial infarction)
Compare: 心臓病(しんぞうびょう) (heart disease)
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