Definition of "heart-disease" [heart-disease]

• Any morbid condition of the heart, either nervous or organic. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Imaging tests often are reserved for patients with chest pain or other heart-disease signs."
• ""It's a good thing everybody is allowed to have their say, but the FDA has to do its job," said heart-disease expert Sanjay Kaul, who served as an FDA adviser and voted against lorcaserin."
• "In addition, the couples were put in heart-scanning machines to measure coronary calcium levels, which are a useful indicator of heart-disease risk."