congestive heart failure

noun

: heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain an adequate circulation of blood in the bodily tissues or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the veins

Examples of congestive heart failure in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

John Paul Caponigro said the cause was congestive heart failure. —Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024

Semaj tragically died, and on Thursday an autopsy performed by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences determined that his cause of death was congestive heart failure due to cardiomegaly with biventricular hypertrophy, resulting from a coronary anomaly. —Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024

Despite accusations of foul play, the 84-year-old’s cause of death was congestive heart failure. —Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 2 Oct. 2024

Amos died of congestive heart failure on Aug. 21 at 5:18 p.m. at a hospital in Inglewood, Calif. —Liza Esquibias, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

congestive heart failure

noun

con·​ges·​tive heart failure

kən-ˈjes-tiv-

: heart failure in which the heart is unable to keep enough blood circulating in the tissues or is unable to pump out the blood returned to it by the veins

Medical Definition

congestive heart failure

noun

: heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation compare coronary failure