heart disease

any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.

Origin of heart disease

First recorded in 1860–65

I imagine the stoppage of respiration caused a sudden and natural death from heart-disease.

Dog Stories from the "Spectator" |Various
She had danced too much at the ball that night, and she had died suddenly of heart-disease.

Shapes that Haunt the Dusk |Various
And then she lived in mortal fear of her mother's heart-disease.

The End Of The World |Edward Eggleston
The habit of fighting teachers was as chronic as her heart-disease.

The End Of The World |Edward Eggleston

This he did and the yarn lengthened, and this was a sign he was actually sick of heart-disease.

Stranger Than Fiction |Mary L. Lewes

heart disease

A structural or functional abnormality of the heart, or of the blood vessels supplying the heart, that impairs its normal functioning.