Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with heart in American Collocation
heart
noun
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/hɑrt/
diseased
enlarged
healthy
weak
X-rays will often show that the heart is enlarged.
beat
beat
flutter
hammer
pound
pump
race
thump
My heart began to beat faster.
not beat
fail
miss a beat
skip a beat
stop
If the patient’s heart has stopped, then cardiac massage may help.
disease or problem
abnormality
condition
defect
disease
murmur
trouble
Some babies are born with heart defects.
when the heart stops working properly
attack
failure
Every 2 minutes in the UK, someone has a heart attack.
operation
bypass
operation
surgery
transplant
transplantation
American surgeon Norman Shumway achieved the first successful heart transplant, in a dog.
beating
beat
palpitations
rate
My heart beat was often irregular.