| 单词 | broken-heart syndrome |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbroken-heart syndrome broken-heart syndrome n. heart disease or sudden death attributed to a stressful event such as bereavement; (in later use) spec. a syndrome mainly affecting older women (often after emotional or physical stress) characterized by sudden dysfunction of part of the left ventricle of the heart, accompanied by symptoms and other findings resembling those of a heart attack, but occurring in the absence of significant coronary artery disease and usually transient. ΚΠ 1967 Newsweek 23 Oct. 92/3 (heading) ‘Broken Heart’ Syndrome. Can men and women die of a ‘Broken Heart’?... Dr. W. Dewi Rees..believes that the emotional stress of grief may lower the body's resistance to disease and even a person's ‘will’ to live. 1975 Comprehensive Psychiatry 16 542 The [desolation] effects include grief, new worries and responsibilities, alteration in diet, work, or recreational activities, a difficult economic situation, general feelings of hopelessness, or the broken-heart syndrome. 1994 J. M. Masson When Elephants Weep (1996) 52 Zoo keepers report that captive elephants are subject to ‘sudden-death syndrome’ or ‘broken-heart syndrome,’ which happens..when they are separated from their social group. 2011 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 17 Nov. e2/2 Females are seven to nine times more likely to suffer ‘broken heart syndrome’, when sudden or prolonged stress like an emotional breakup or death causes overwhelming heart failure or heart attack-like symptoms. < as lemmas |
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