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Definition: Heart |
HeartNoun1. The locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom". 2. The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly". 3. The courage to carry on: "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball". 4. An area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm". 5. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story". 6. An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart". 7. A plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart and called it a valentine". 8. A firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal); "a five-pound beef heart will serve six". 9. A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart". 10. : a playing card in the major suit of hearts; "he led the queen of hearts". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "heart" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Satire | HEART, n. An automatic, muscular blood-pump. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the esat of emotions and sentiments -- a very pretty fancy which, however, is nothing but a survival of a once universal belief. It is now known that the sentiments and emotions reside in the stomach, being evolved from food by chemical action of the gastric fluid. The exact process by which a beefsteak becomes a feeling -- tender or not, according to the age of the animal from which it was cut; the successive stages of elaboration through which a caviar sandwich is transmuted to a quaint fancy and reappears as a pungent epigram; the marvelous functional methods of converting a hard-boiled egg into religious contrition, or a cream-puff into a sigh of sensibility -- these things have been patiently ascertained by M. Pasteur, and by him expounded with convincing lucidity. (See, also, my monograph, The Essential Identity of the Spiritual Affections and Certain Intestinal Gases Freed in Digestion -- 4to, 687 pp.) In a scientific work entitled, I believe, Delectatio Demonorum (John Camden Hotton, London, 1873) this view of the sentiments receives a striking illustration; and for further light consult Professor Dam's famous treatise on Love as a Product of Alimentary Maceration. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
19th Century Satire | A bloody organ, kept in a trunk, played by beats, and enjoyed only after it is lost or given away. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Bible | Heart According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life. "Heart" and "soul" are often used interchangeably (Deut. 6:5; 26:16; comp. Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33), but this is not generally the case. The heart is the "home of the personal life," and hence a man is designated, according to his heart, wise (1 Kings 3:12, etc.), pure (Ps. 24:4; Matt. 5:8, etc.), upright and righteous (Gen. 20:5, 6; Ps. 11:2; 78:72), pious and good (Luke 8:15), etc. In these and such passages the word "soul" could not be substituted for "heart." The heart is also the seat of the conscience (Rom. 2:15). It is naturally wicked (Gen. 8:21), and hence it contaminates the whole life and character (Matt. 12:34; 15:18; comp. Eccl. 8:11; Ps. 73:7). Hence the heart must be changed, regenerated (Ezek. 36:26; 11:19; Ps. 51:10-14), before a man can willingly obey God. The process of salvation begins in the heart by the believing reception of the testimony of God, while the rejection of that testimony hardens the heart (Ps. 95:8; Prov. 28:14; 2 Chr. 36:13). "Hardness of heart evidences itself by light views of sin; partial acknowledgment and confession of it; pride and conceit; ingratitude; unconcern about the word and ordinances of God; inattention to divine providences; stifling convictions of conscience; shunning reproof; presumption, and general ignorance of divine things." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biology & Biotechnology | The inner, mostly dark layer of xylem which, in the growing tree, has ceased to contain living parenchyma cells. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of your heart paining and suffocating you, there will be trouble in your business. Some mistake of your own will bring loss if not corrected. Seeing your heart, foretells sickness and failure of energy. To see the heart of an animal, you will overcome enemies and merit the respect of all. To eat the heart of a chicken, denotes strange desires will cause you to carry out very difficult projects for your advancement. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | The inner layers of wood which, in the growing tree, have ceased to contain living cells and in which the reserve materials(e. g. starch)have been removed or converted into more durable substances. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The central portion of a log, including the pith and any associated defective(juvenile)wood. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Heart A variety of the word core. (Latin, cord', the heart; Greek, kard'; Sanskrit, herd'; Anglo-Saxon, heorte.) Heart (in Christian art), the attribute of St. Theresa. The flaming heart (in Christian art), the symbol of charity. An attribute of St. Augustine, denoting the fervency of his devotion. The heart of the Saviour is frequently so represented. Heart PHRASES, PROVERBS, ETC. A bloody heart. Since the time of Good Lord James the Douglases have carried upon their shields a bloody heart with a crown upon it, in memory of the expedition of Lord James to Spain with the heart of King Robert Bruce. King Robert commissioned his friend to carry his heart to the Holy Land, and Lord James had it enclosed in a silver casket, which he wore round his neck. On his way to the Holy Land, he stopped to aid Alphonso of Castile against Osmyn the Moor, and was slain. Sir Simon Lockhard of Lee was commissioned to carry the heart back to Scotland. (Tales of a Grandfather, xi.) After my own heart. Just what I like; in accordance with my liking or wish: the heart being the supposed seat of the affections. Be of good heart. Cheer up. In Latin, "Fac, bono animo sis; " the heart being the seat of moral courage. Out of heart. Despondent; without sanguine hope. In Latin, "Animum despondere. " In French, "Perdre courage. " Set your heart at rest. Be quite easy about the matter. In French, "Mettez votre coeur à l' aise. ' The heart is the supposed organ of the sensibilities (including the affections, etc.). To break one's heart. To waste away or die of disappointment. "Broken-hearted," hopelessly distressed. In French, "Cela me fend le coeur. " The heart is the organ of life. To learn by heart. To learn memoriter; to commit to memory. In French, "Par coeur " or "Apprendre par coeur. " (See Learn.) To set one's heart upon. Earnestly to desire it. "Je l' aime de tout mon coeur; " the heart being the supposed seat of the affections. Take heart. Be of good courage. Moral courage at one time was supposed to reside in the heart, physical courage in the stomach, wisdom in the head, affection in the reins or kidneys, melancholy in the bile, spirit in the blood, etc. In French, "prendre courage. " To take to heart. To feel deeply pained [at something which has occurred]. In Latin, "Percussit mihi animum; " "iniquo animo ferre. " In French, "Prendre une affaire à coeur; " the heart being the supposed seat of the affections. To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve. To expose one's secret intentions to general notice; the reference being to the custom of tying your lady's favour to your sleeve, and thus exposing the secret of the heart. Iago says, "When my outward action shows my secret heart, I will wear my heart upon my sleeve, as one does a lady's favour, for daws [? dows, pigeons] to peck at." Dows = fools, or simpletons to laugh at or quiz. (Othello, i. 1.) With all my heart. "De tout mon coeur; " most willing. The heart, as the seat of the affections and sensibilities, is also the seat of the will. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Sports & Leisure | The center of a made mast. The main piece of a made mast. Also heart. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The heart is a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood through the vessels and cavities of an animal's body by repeated, rhythmic contractions. The term cardiac means "related to the heart", from the Greek cardia for "heart".
The human heart
Structure
In the human body the heart is situated slightly to the left of the middle of the thorax, behind the breastbone (sternum). It is enclosed by a sac known as the pericardium and is surrounded by the lungs. It weighs about 300~350 g in an adult. It consists of four chambers, the two upper atria and the two lower ventricles.
A thick, muscular wall, the septum, divides the right atria and ventricle from the left atria and ventricle, keeping blood from passing between them. Valves between the atria and ventricles maintain coordinated unidirectional flow of blood from the upper atria to the lower ventricles.
The ventricles are the parts of the heart that pump blood around the body or to the lungs. They are thicker walled than the atria, and the contraction of the ventricle wall is much more important to move blood around.
Oxygen-depleted blood from the body enters the right atrium through two veins, the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava. The blood then passes to the right ventricle. The right ventricle pumps the deoxygenated blood to the lungs, through the pulmonary artery. After the blood loses carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen in the lungs, it flows through pulmonary veins to the left atrium. From the left atrium the newly oxygenated blood enters the left ventricle. The left ventricle is the main pumping chamber, sending blood through the aorta to all of the body except the lungs.
The left ventricle is much thicker than the right because it must pump blood around the entire body, this involves exerting a considerable force to overcome the pressure caused by the body. As the right ventricle must just pump blood to the lungs it requires less muscle.
Even though the ventricles are below the atria, the two vessels through which the blood exits the heart, the pulmonary artery and the aorta, leave the heart at its top side.
The wall of the heart is very muscular and does not tire. It consists of three distinct layers. The first is the outer epicardium which is composed of a layer of flattened epithelial cells and connective tissue. Beneath this is a much thicker myocardium made up of cardiac muscle. The endocardium is a further layer of flattened epithelial cells and connective tissue.A large blood supply is necessary to power the heart and this is supplied by the left and right coronary arteries, which branch off from the aorta.
The cardiac cycle
Every beat of the heart involves a sequence of events called the cardiac cycle. This consists of three major stages: the atrial systole, the ventricular systole and the complete cardiac diastole. The atrial systole consists of the contraction of the atria and the corresponding influx of blood in to the ventricles. Once the blood has fully left the atria atrioventricular valves, which are situated between the atria and ventricular chambers, close. This prevents any backflow into the atria. It is the sound of the valves closing which produces the familiar beating sounds of the heart.
The ventricular systole consists of the contraction of the ventricles and flow of blood into the circulatory system. Again, once all the blood has left, the pulmonary and aortic semilunar valves close. Finally complete cardiac diastole involves the relaxation of the atria and ventricles in preparation for new blood to enter the heart.
Regulation of the cardiac cycle
Cardiac muscle is myogenic. This means that unlike skeletal muscle which requires either conscious or reflex nervous stimuli, cardiac muscle is self-exciting. The rhythmic contractions occur spontaneously, although the frequency can be changed by nervous or hormonal influences such as exercise or the perception of danger.
The rhythmic sequence of contractions is coordinated by the sinoatrial node and atrioventricular nodes. The sinoatrial node, often known as the cardiac pacemaker, is located in the upper wall of the right atrium and is responsible for the wave of electrical stimulation (See action potential) that initiates the atria to contract. Once the wave reaches the atrioventricular node, situated in the wall between ventricular chambers, it is conducted through the bundles of His and causes contraction of the ventricles. The time taken for the wave to reach this node from the sinoatrial nerve creates a delay between contraction of the two chambers and ensures that each contraction is coordinated simultaneously throughout all of the heart.
Diseases of the heart; treatments
The study of diseases of the heart is known as cardiology. Important diseases of the heart include:
If a coronary artery is blocked or narrowed, the problem spot can be bypassed with coronary artery bypass surgery or it can be widened with angioplasty.
- Coronary heart disease is the lack of oxygen supply to the heart muscle; it can cause severe pain and discomfort known as Angina.
- A heart attack occurs when heart muscle cells die because blood circulation to a part of the heart is interrupted.
- Congestive heart failure is the gradual loss of pumping power of the heart.
- Endocarditis and myocarditis are inflammations of the heart.
- Cardiac arrhythmia is an irregularity in the heartbeat. It is sometimes treated by implanting an artificial pacemaker.
Beta blockers are drugs that lower the heart rate and blood pressure and reduce the heart's oxygen requirements. Nitroglycerin and other compounds that give off nitric oxide are used to treat heart disease as they cause the dilation of coronary vessels.
At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky on December 3, 1967 became the first human to receive a heart transplant (however he died 18 days later from double pneumonia). The transplant team was headed by Christiaan Barnard.
See also: Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures
First Aid
If a person is encountered with cardiac arrest (no heartbeat), cardio-pulmonary resuscitation should be started.
The heart of other animals
Structure
The structure of the heart of other mammals is quite similar to that of humans, with four chambers. Birds also have a four-chambered heart, however it is thought that this evolved independently of that of mammals. Amphibians have a three-chambered heart. Fish have a single circulation system and a heart with two chambers. The hearts of arthropods and mollusks have a single chamber.
Heartbeat
Smaller animals have faster heartbeat. This is evident within a species as well, as the young beat their hearts faster than the adults. Gray Whale beats 9 times per minute, Harbour Seal 10 when diving, 140 when on land, elephant 25, human 70, sparrow 500, shrew 600, and hummingbird 1,200 when hovering.
See also
Cardiology -- Cardiovascular pathology -- Circulatory system -- Atria -- Ventricle -- Heart defects.
- Heart is also the name of a pop group.
- Hearts is a card suit and a card game.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Heart."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Heart was originally a Seattle rock band founded in the early 1970s by sisters, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson. They later relocated to Vancouver, Canada. The band's sound is heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin with elements of folk-rock and power ballads.
Members
- Ann Wilson -- Lead Vocals, guitar
- Nancy Wilson -- Guitar, vocals
- Howard Leese -- Guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
- Fernando Saunders -- Bass Guitar
- Denny Fongheiser -- Drums
Discography
- Dreamboat Annie (1976)
- Little Queen (1977)
- Magazine (1978)
- Dog & Butterfly (1978)
- Bebe Le Strange (1980)
- Greatest Hits/Live (1981) (compilation & live)
- Private Audition (1982)
- Passionworks (1983)
- Heart (1985)
- Bad Animals (1987)
- Brigade (1990)
- Rock the House (1991) (live)
- Desire Walks On (1993)
- The Road Home (1995) (live)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Heart (band)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A person is said to be in heart failure when their heart cannot pump blood at the rate needed to maintain normal metabolism.Symptoms include respiratory distress (dyspnea), especially when it is worsened by lying down (orthopnea), fatigue, weakness, episodes of severe shortness of breath at night (paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea). Edema, especially of the legs, may occur. Enlargement of the heart (cardiomegaly) is one of the criteria for diagnosis.
In most cases when the term is used, especially when given as a cause of death, congestive heart failure (CHF) is meant.
Treatment can improve the condition by:
The term heart failure is frequently misused, especially when given as cause of death: it is not synonymous with "cessation of heartbeat".
- removing precipitating causes and treating underlying causes
- treatment of infection, anemia, thyrotoxicosis, arrhythmia, or hypertension
- increasing the efficiency with which the heart muscle pumps
- see digitalis
- decreasing cardiac work load by increasing pre-load and decreasing after-load
- see vasodilators, diuretics, ACE inhibitors.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Heart failure."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
HEART | English | Health Economists activities,research and teaching | Medicine |
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Synonyms: HeartSynonyms: affection (n), affectionateness (n), bosom (n), center (n), centre (n), core (n), essence (n), eye (n), fondness (n), gist (n), heart and soul (n), inwardness (n), kernel (n), marrow (n), meat (n), mettle (n), middle (n), nerve (n), nitty-gritty (n), nub (n), pith (n), pump (n), spirit (n), spunk (n), substance (n), sum (n), tenderness (n), ticker (n), warmheartedness (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: spindling (sports & leisure, transportation). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affections | Soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man; heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood; heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis; secret and inmost recesses of the heart, inmost heart, inmost soul; backbone. |
Centrality | Core, kernel; nucleus, nucleolus; heart, pole axis, bull's eye; nave, navel; umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith; vertebra, vertebral column; hotbed; concentration; (convergence); centralization; symmetry. |
Courage | Manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of grace; spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, intestinal fortitude; firmness; (stability); heart of oak; bottom, backbone, spine; (perseverance) a. resolution; (determination); bulldog courage. |
Importance | Great thing, great point; main chance, "the be all and the end all "; cardinal point; substance, gist; (essence); sum and substance, gravamen, head and front; important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part; half the battle; sine qua non; breath of one's nostrils; (life);cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus; keynote, keystone; corner stone; trump card; (device); salient points. |
Intellect | Soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core; the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle. |
Interiority | Contents; substance, pith, marrow; backbone; (center); heart, bosom, breast; abdomen; vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings, womb, lap; penetralia, recesses, innermost recesses; cave; (concavity). |
Intrinsicality | Noun: intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion; subjectiveness; ego; egohood; essence, noumenon; essentialness; Adjective: essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul; important part; (importance). |
Willingness | Noun: willingness, voluntariness; Adjective: willing mind, heart. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart. (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Don't let your brain interfere with your heart. (I.Q.; writing credit: Andy Breckman and Michael Leeson.) ! The heart that mourns her, her that you burnt to a cinder (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) Once you remove Mr. Bonds heart, there should just be enough time for him to watch it stop beating (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) | |
Lyrics | A total eclipse of the heart (TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART; performing artist: Bonnie Tyler) Through my dreams, through my heart (From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart; performing artist: Britney Spears) Everybody's got a hungry heart (HUNGRY HEART; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Comin' straight from the heart (Straight From The Heart; performing artist: Bryan Adams) And I know that my heart will go on ("My Heart Will Go On"; performing artist: Celine Dion) | |
Clever | In his private heart no man much respects himself. (references; author: Mark Twain) If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. (references; author: Bob Hope) Measure men around the heart. (references; author: Old Proverb) For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he... (references; author: Proverbs 23:7) Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Secrets of the Heart (2000) Heart of the High Country (2002) Affairs of the Heart (1974) Always in My Heart (1971) Home in My Heart (1971) | |
Song Titles | Save Your Heart For Me (performing artist: Gary Lewis and The Playboys) Only Love Can Break A Heart (performing artist: Gene Pitney) Hold On My Heart (performing artist: Genesis) Heart & Soul (performing artist: Huey Lewis & The News) Heart Of Rock & Roll (performing artist: Huey Lewis & The News) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Bacillus anthracis capsule production on heart infusion 0.8% sodium bicarbonate agar medium, and incubated at 35 degrees centigrade with 5 - 10% carbon dioxide. Credit: CDC. |  | Opened left ventricle of heart shows a thickened, dilated left ventricle with subendocardial fibrosis manifested as increased whiteness of endocardium. Autopsy. Credit: CDC. |
 | "Beating Heart" (movie) by Hassan Sedaghat. |  | Peering into the Heart of the Crab Nebula. Credit: NASA. |
 | The Hubble telescope has captured a flurry of star birth near the heart of the barred spiral ... Credit: NASA. |  | Probing the heart of the active galaxy NGC 6251, the Hubble telescope has provided a ... Credit: NASA. |
 | "The Emperors' Conclave". In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume II, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 240. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | "The Return of the Penquins". In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume II, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 264. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Bluefin tuna female sexual glands. Also, note heart in upper right of container . Credit: Fisheries. |  | Gabion baskets line the walls of this stormwater runoff stream located in the heart of Peoria, Illinois. These baskets protect the bank from streambank erosion. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
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| "Our heart" by Jessica M Commentary: "Jose+jessica <br>taken by me." | "Heart in the sand" by Jeremy Lounds Commentary: "Small rocks and pepples on Lake Superior shore in the shape of a heart." |
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 | Alarm for a flatline on a heart rate monitor. | | A soft and slow heart beat. |
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Charles Dickens | A loving heart is the truest wisdom. |
Gaius Petronius | My heart was in my mouth. |
Lord Alfred Tennyson | By blood a king, in heart a clown. |
Lord Byron | Hatred is the madness of the heart. |
Miguel de Cervantes | A stout heart breaks bad luck. |
| Faint heart never won fair lady. | |
Old Proverb | Measure men around the heart. |
Pliny The Elder | Home is where the heart is. |
Sextus Aurelius Propertius | Absence makes the heart grow fonder. |
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John Locke | 1690 | And when God resolved to transfer the government to David, it is in these words, But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, xiii. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye. |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Under that peculiar sort of dry, blunt manner, I know you have the warmest heart. |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | The woman gasped and put one hand to her heart, as if under some great shock of surprise |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | That was the thing he had set his heart upon |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | She now read his heart more accurately |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Unhappy is he who surrenders himself to the changing heart of woman |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Every impure thought, deliberately yielded to, is a keen lance transfixing that sacred and loving heart. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Madam, with all my heart. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Ma got her heart set on a white house |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I presently knew what they meant, and was glad at heart to receive this intelligence |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A patient has a heart block. (references) | |
Heart size is usually normal. (references) | ||
Heart problems may also occur. (references) | ||
Business | Heart and coronary diseases account for 31 percent of the approximately 300,000 annual deaths in Argentina. (references) | |
Private hospitals provide a comprehensive array of services including open heart surgery, neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery. (references) | ||
This fact was recognized by two American women who recently opened up a cultural and historical lodge in the heart of Zululand. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Congo | The Archbishop died of a heart attack the following month while in Rome. (references) |
Russia | She was taken to a temporary holding cell in the district police station where she apparently suffered a heart attack. (references) | |
Russia | During Glotov's interrogation, he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, placed in intensive care, and treated for a weak heart condition. (references) | |
Economic History | Egypt | It sits in the heart of the Middle East and has a reasonably well-educated labor force. (references) |
India | Fortis Healthcare limited is promoting a 200-bed heart care facility at Mohali near Chandigarh. (references) | |
Luxembourg | As such, Luxembourg provides a unique and opportune entryway into the heart of European commerce. (references) | |
Human Rights | Algeria | One of the mistreated persons died of a heart attack the next day. (references) |
Hungary | A government autopsy concluded that the cause of death was a congenital heart defect. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | In most cases, deaths apparently due to torture or other mistreatment are ascribed to heart failure. (references) | |
Minorities | Liberia | Body parts most frequently removed include the heart, liver, and genitals. (references) |
Slovak Republic | On April 28, a 30-year-old man with darker skin from southern Slovakia died after being stabbed in the heart by a group of skinheads. (references) | |
Russia | Many citizens believe that at least nominal adherence to the Russian Orthodox Church is at the heart of what it means to be Russian, and Russian Orthodoxy is considered in conservative nationalist circles as the de facto official religion of the country. (references) | |
Political Economy | ALGERIA | BNP Paribas is set to start operations in 2002. Citibank is growing fast, has opened a branch in Hassi Messaoud in the heart of the oil and gas fields, and will be moving soon to a new office building of its own. (references) |
CZECH REPUBLIC | Unfinished structural reforms lay at the heart of the Czech Republic's severe recession in 1998-1999, which led to an economic contraction of 2.3 percent in 1998. Economic recovery has been strong in 2000 and 2001, growing at 3.9 percent in the first half of 2001. However, a growing fiscal deficit and the effects of the worldwide slowdown may threaten continued expansion. (references) | |
SWITZERLAND | When Swiss voters decided in December 1992 to reject the European Economic Area (EEA) Treaty, Switzerland found itself in the awkward position of being located in the heart of Europe, but not part of the EEA or a member of the EU. With some two-thirds of its exports going to Europe, the government pursues policies aimed at maintaining Switzerland's competitiveness in Europe while seeking to diversify its export markets. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | The city is geographically located in the heart of Atlantic Patagonia, 553 km from the Pacific Ocean. (references) |
Argentina | The location of Justo Daract in the heart of Argentina, might be considered less advantageous than that of La Plata. (references) | |
Brazil | Decree No. 288 of February 1967 established special incentives for a period of 30 years with the aim of creating an industrial, commercial and agricultural center in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. (references) | |
Travel | Senegal | Hotel Teranga: Tel: 221-823-10-44/Fax: 823-50-01. Located in the heart of Dakar. (references) |
Mexico | Upon arrival in Mexico City, the sensation of increased respiration, rapid heart rate, and mild dizziness are normal adaptive processes. (references) | |
Ecuador | In particular, travelers with heart or lung problems and persons with sickle cell trait may develop serious health complications at high altitudes. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | She died the same day that she was moved to a hospital from Drapchi Prison, reportedly from respiratory and heart failure. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing. So plain the advantages of machination It constitutes a moral obligation, And honest wolves who think upon't with loathing Feel bound to don the sheep's deceptive clothing. So prospers still the diplomatic art, And Satan bows, with hand upon his heart. R.S.K. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ann Richards | What breaks your heart is that it is such a jewel, Havana is so beautiful. The architecture just takes your breath away. It is just crumbling, you know, really sad. |
Dan Rather | I do believe in driving and driving hard to the heart of a story, getting as close as possible to a newsmaker and putting the information out there. |
Dennis Miller | At heart, we are a nation of morbid rubberneckers. |
James Dobson | In that case, I think so where you have a person who is unfaithful and who is not repentant and is going on his way. My heart goes out to this lady. |
Jermaine Jackson | True, but still. Look at his heart. Look at his music. Look at what he's done for people. Look at the influence. We've been influenced. And you have to say, he's a wonderful person. |
Pierce Brosnan | Halle and I have become very good friends. She is somebody who I got on with greatly, very fond of her. She is a woman who is at the top of her game, and she is very generous, and a good heart. |
Robert Atkins | We don't know, but I know that I had an infection in my heart, and it caused an arrhythmia and so it must have been an arrhythmia that sort of took off, and that was it. |
Rush Limbaugh | Human cultures can be vastly different, yet the human heart desires the same good things everywhere on Earth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | To cooperate with you in this desirable work is a fervent and favorite wish of my heart. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Whether further observation will or will not verify the conjecture, that nature has been less bountiful to them in the endowments of the head, I believe that in those of the heart she will be found to have done them justice. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | I know the heart of America is good. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | President Eisenhower was raised in a poor but religious home in the heart of America. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | That's the heart of America--and it's the source of our ability to inspire other people to defend their own rights abroad. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | At the heart of our strategy for peace is our relationship with the Soviet Union. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | For our problems are large, but our heart is larger. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equals before the law and in the heart. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | It is a chance for us to remind our fellow citizens that when you find a good principal, thank him or her from the bottom of your heart for doing one of the toughest jobs in the country. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Heart" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.98% of the time. "Heart" is used about 13,717 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.98% | 13,714 | 663 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13,717 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "heart" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Heart | Last name | 400 | 19,156 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "heart". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ahlab | N/A | Biblical | Brother of the heart |
| Lebbeus | N/A | Biblical | A man of heart |
| Libya | N/A | Biblical | The heart of the sea |
| Lubin | N/A | Biblical | Heart of the sea |
| Lubin | N/A | Biblical | Heart of a man |
| Shaalbim | N/A | Biblical | That beholds the heart |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Heart of Midlothian plc | USA | Cambridge Heart, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "heart": a heart as big as all outdoors sympathy ♦ a heart of steel ♦ a heart with room for every joy ♦ absence makes the heart grow fonder ♦ action of the heart ♦ ad heart and soul ♦ ad in one's heart ♦ affair of the heart ♦ affairs of the heart ♦ after my own heart ♦ after one's heart ♦ After one's own heart ♦ American Heart Association ♦ angle for smb.'s heart ♦ artichoke heart ♦ artificial heart ♦ at heart ♦ at the bottom of one's heart ♦ at the bottom of the heart ♦ Atherosclerosis and Heart Disease Prevention ♦ athlete's heart ♦ athletic heart ♦ athletic heart syndrome ♦ atrium of the heart ♦ bare one's heart ♦ bare one's heart to smb. ♦ bare smb.'s heart to smb. ♦ be after smb.'s heart ♦ be good at heart ♦ be in good heart ♦ be in heart ♦ be in it heart and soul ♦ be of good heart ♦ be out of heart ♦ be sad at heart ♦ be sick at heart ♦ be young at heart ♦ biauriculate heart ♦ big heart ♦ bitterness of heart ♦ bleeding heart ♦ bottom of my heart ♦ break one's heart ♦ break smb.'s heart ♦ break the heart ♦ breaking one's heart ♦ broken heart ♦ bullock heart ♦ bullock's heart ♦ bullock's heart tree ♦ by heart ♦ cankered heart ♦ Carcinoid Heart Disease ♦ change of heart ♦ chicken heart ♦ conducting system of the heart ♦ conduction system of the heart ♦ congenital heart defect ♦ Congestive heart failure ♦ Coronary heart disease ♦ coy one's heart out ♦ Crisscross Heart ♦ cry one's heart out ♦ cut to the heart ♦ dark heart ♦ Diastolic heart failure ♦ dickey heart ♦ dicky heart ♦ do one's heart good ♦ eat one's heart out ♦ enlarged heart ♦ failure of heart ♦ false heart ♦ Fatty heart ♦ Fetal Heart ♦ fetal heart sound ♦ find it in one's heart to ♦ Floating heart ♦ fold to the heart ♦ For my heart ♦ Framingham Heart Study ♦ from one's heart ♦ from the bottom of my heart ♦ from the bottom of one's heart ♦ from the depth of one's heart ♦ from the heart ♦ fullness of the heart ♦ get smth. by heart ♦ greatness of heart ♦ Green heart ♦ harden one's heart ♦ harden the heart ♦ hardness of heart ♦ have a heart condition ♦ have a heavy heart ♦ have a sensitive heart ♦ have a tender heart ♦ have a warm heart ♦ have a weak heart ♦ have heart trouble ♦ have no heart. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "heart": heart-aching, heart-affecting, heart-ambulance, heart-and-liver, heart-and-soul, Heart-Assist Devices, heart-attack, heart-banging, heart-beat, heart-beats, heart-brain, heart-break, heart-breaker, heart-breaking, heart-breakingly, heart-broken, heart-burning, heart-bursting, heart-bypass, heart-care, heart-chilling, heart-clenching, heart-clutching, heart-constraining, heart-constricting, heart-cut, heart-disease, Heart-eating, heart-eatingly, heart-failure, heart-felt, heart-fires, heart-first, heart-flutterings, heart-for, heart-free, heart-healthy, heart-heavy, heart-height, heart-in-mouth, heart-leaved aster, heart-lifting, Heart-Lung, heart-lung machine, Heart-Lung Transplantation, heart-machine, heart-melting, heart-new, heart-of-gold, heart-of-oak, heart-on-sleeve, heart-op, heart-operation, heart-poacher, heart-pulling, heart-racing, heart-rate, heart-rate monitor, heart-related, heart-religion, heart-rendering, heart-rendin', heart-rending, heart-rending scream, heart-rendingly, Heart-robbing, heart-rocking, heart-schmaltzy, heart-searching, heart-searchings, heart-service, heart-shakingly, heart-shape, heart-shaped, heart-sick, heart-sinking, heart-sinkingly, heart-sluffed, heart-smit, heart-snaring, Heart-spoon, Heart-start, heart-stirring, heart-stopping, heart-stoppingly, heart-stretching, heart-strings, heart-sufferer, heart-swap, heart-swelling, heart-tearing, heart-throb, heart-throbs, heart-thudding, heart-to-heart, heart-to-heart conversation, heart-to-hearts, heart-touching, heart-transplant, | |