cardiovascular disease

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Noun

cardiovascular disease (countable and uncountable, plural cardiovascular diseases, abbreviation CVD)

  2. A disease involving the heart or blood vessels, i.e. arteries and veins, such as coronary heart disease.
    Alternative form: CVD (initialism)
    Hypernyms: disease < condition
    Hyponyms: ASCVD, atherosclerosis, CHD, coronary heart disease, IHD, ischemic heart disease, CAD, coronary artery disease, CHD, congenital heart disease
    Near-synonym: heart disease
    • 2022 September 14, Jacqueline Howard, “Study finds potential link between daily multivitamin and improved cognition in older adults”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Taking a daily multivitamin might be associated with improved brain function in older adults, a new study says, and the benefit appears to be greater for those with a history of cardiovascular disease.

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