Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
heart disease
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As is now possible with heart disease, perhaps preventive approaches will serve to increase the threshold for the appearance of illness.
▪ Fat control is still very important for reducing risks for heart disease, some cancers and obesity.
▪ Men generally have a greater risk of suffering heart disease.
▪ Small wonder, then, that heart disease kills a quarter of us and leaves another third chronically disabled.
▪ They may reduce your chance of getting heart disease.
▪ This can have the effect of accelerating the build-up of atheroma which in turn eventually leads to heart disease.
▪ Those dealing with heart disease have looked for such clean-cut results in vain.
▪ Total mortality and each of the outcomes of coronary heart disease increased as severity of periodontal disease increased.
WordNet
heart disease
n. a disease of the heart [syn: heart condition, cardiopathy]