What (who) is heart-rending - definition
NONPATHOLOGICAL CONDITION COMMONLY SEEN IN SPORTS MEDICINE
Athletes heart; Athlete's Heart Syndrome; Athlete's heart; Athletic Heart; Athlete heart syndrome; Athlete heart
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heart-rending
also heartrending
You use heart-rending to describe something that causes you to feel great sadness and pity.
...heart-rending pictures of refugees...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
heart-rending
a.
Heart-breaking, nguishing, deeply afflicting, most distressing, piteous, affecting, crushing.
heart-rending
¦ adjective causing great sadness or distress.
Derivatives
heart-rendingly adverb
Wikipedia
Athletic heart syndrome
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Athletic heart syndrome (AHS) is a non-pathological condition commonly seen in sports medicine in which the human heart is enlarged, and the resting heart rate is lower than normal.
The athlete's heart is associated with physiological cardiac remodeling as a consequence of repetitive cardiac loading. Athlete's heart is common in athletes who routinely exercise more than an hour a day, and occurs primarily in endurance athletes, though it can occasionally arise in heavy weight trainers. The condition is generally considered benign, but may occasionally hide a serious medical condition, or may even be mistaken for one.
Pronunciation examples for heart-rending
1. and you get all these heart-rending letters
Walkaway _ Cory Doctorow _ Talks at Google
2. Her screams were heart-rending, but he didn't intervene.
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3. a lot of really heart rending stories that LGBT people have,
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4. Their suffering, their agony, their terror, their heart-rending cries, and their thoughts
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Examples of use of heart-rending
1. It has raw passion as well as heart–rending pathos.
2. Victims of the practice gave heart–rending accounts.
3. The scenes during Wednesday‘s evictions were heart–rending.
4. Give it a heart–rending show from the courtroom after a fatal traffic accident.
5. Hillary Rodham Clinton brings a roaring crowd to a hush with a heart–rending anecdote.