Definition of Heart-healthy

1. Adjective. Of foods that are low in fats and sodium and other ingredients that may foster heart disease.

Similar to: Wholesome

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heart-healthy

hearsing
hearsome
hearsomeness
hearsy
heart
heart's-ease
heart-breaking
heart-breakingly
heart-breakingness
heart-burn
heart-eating
heart-failure
heart-failures
heart-felt
heart-healthy (current term)
heart-leaf
heart-leaved aster
heart-lung machine
heart-lung transplantation
heart-pounding
heart-poundingly
heart-rending
heart-rendingly
heart-robbing
heart-shaped
heart-shaped pelvis
heart-shaped uterus
heart-spoon
heart-stopping

Literary usage of Heart-healthy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Medical Gazette (1845)
"The following is his report :—" Face and lips somewhat livid ; impulse of heart perhaps slightly increased in force and in extent; sounds of heart healthy ..."

2. Artificial Anæsthesia and Anæsthetics by Henry Munson Lyman (1881)
"Left ventricle contracted, heart healthy ; lungs extremely hyperaemic ; fecal ... Both lungs were tuberculous; heart healthy ; right side of the chest ..."

3. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1830)
"... assumed a healthy appearance ahout an inch hefore passing under the clavicle—heart healthy, save a small patch of lymph on its anterior ..."

4. Minority Health Issues for an Emerging Majority: The 4th National Forum on edited by Shiriki Kumanyika, John Karefa-Smart (1992)
"When developing heart-healthy preventive strategies for minority children, some of the models already mentioned will be useful. ..."

5. The Sports Guide: A Planning Guide for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"But, what exactly is a heart-healthy eating plan? And is a heart-healthy eating ... In order to help your family eat in a heart-healthy way, follow these ..."

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