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Definition: Cardiovascular Disease |
Cardiovascular DiseaseNoun1. A disease of the heart or blood vessels. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Any abnormal condition characterized by dysfunction of the heart and blood vessels. CVD includes atherosclerosis (especially coronary heart disease, which can lead to heart attacks), cerebrovascular disease (e.g., stroke), and hypertension (high blood pressure). (references) |
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Crosswords: Cardiovascular Disease |
| Specialty definitions using "cardiovascular disease": Autonomic Neuropathy ♦ Central fat distribution, CVD ♦ Exercise Test ♦ Fabry Disease, Framingham Heart Study ♦ Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular. (references) |
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Health | Proteinuria has also been shown to be associated with cardiovascular disease. (references) | |
Some risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as a family history of heart disease cannot be changed. (references) | ||
Secondary outcomes will be changes in cognitive function, incidence of cardiovascular disease, and total mortality. (references) | ||
Economic History | Poland | The most common causes of death in Poland are cardiovascular disease, cancer, injuries and accidents. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cardiovascular disease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | enfermedad cardiovascular. (various references) | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 64 69 6F 76 61 73 63 75 6C 61 72      44 69 73 65 61 73 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01100100 01101001 01101111 01110110 01100001 01110011 01100011 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110010 00100000 01000100 01101001 01110011 01100101 01100001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r d i o v a s c u l a r   D i s e a s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 0064 0069 006F 0076 0061 0073 0063 0075 006C 0061 0072      0044 0069 0073 0065 0061 0073 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767847075818867856987786784238758571678571 |
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