heart disease
compound.compound. a medical condition where your heart does not work correctly, often because the blood vessels are blocked.
compound. a broad category of medical conditions affecting the structure or function of the heart, most commonly referring to coronary artery disease.
Eating healthy food helps prevent heart disease.
The doctor warned him that his high blood pressure could eventually lead to heart disease.
Recent longitudinal studies suggest that sedentary lifestyles are a primary contributing factor to the early onset of chronic heart disease in urban populations.
This is an uncountable noun when used generally, but can be countable when referring to specific types of the condition.
this is a transparent compound noun; help students by grouping it with other 'organ + disease' or 'organ + failure' collocations like 'kidney failure' or 'liver disease'.
He has a heart's disease.He has heart disease.the first noun acts as an adjective; do not use a possessive 's' in this compound.