Search Result for "cardiac tamponade":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cardiac tamponade
    n 1: mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large
         amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and
         limiting the heart's normal range of motion