Phrase guide

cardiovascular disease

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A disease involving the heart or blood vessels, i.e. arteries and veins, such as coronary heart disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: heart disease

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heart disease

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disease, condition

2

noun

Meaning 2

a disease of the heart or blood vessels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disorder, upset

Narrower terms: heart disease, cardiopathy, high blood pressure, hypertension, hypotension, aneurysm, aneurism, circulatory failure

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 心血管疾病 (xīnxuèguǎn jíbìng) — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • Esperanto: korvaskula malsano — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • Finnish: sydän- ja verisuonitaudit — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • French: maladie cardiovasculaire — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • German: Herz-Kreislauferkrankung — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • German: Herz-Kreislauf-Krankheit — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • Greek: καρδιαγγειακή πάθηση (kardiangeiakí páthisi) — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • Japanese: 心血管疾患 (shinkekkan shikkan) — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • Kazakh: жүрек-қан тамырлары ауруы (jürek-qan tamyrlary auruy) — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • Polish: choroba układu krążenia — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • Russian: серде́чно-сосу́дистое заболева́ние (serdéčno-sosúdistoje zabolevánije) — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • Ukrainian: серце́во-суди́нне захво́рювання (sercévo-sudýnne zaxvórjuvannja) — disease involving the heart or blood vessels
  • Vietnamese: bệnh tim mạch — disease involving the heart or blood vessels