pump failure
Heart stops working
Pump failure is the breakdown or malfunction of a pump—whether mechanical, biological, or figurative.
In medicine, it typically refers to heart failure, where the heart can no longer pump blood effectively: The patient died of pump failure.
In industrial contexts, it describes equipment breakdown: Pump failure shut down the cooling system.
- malfunctionFailure to operate properly
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- heart attackBlocked blood to muscle
life support · mechanical · hydraulic · pressure · collapse · engine · circulation · valve · motor · shutdown · power outage · stoppage · total loss · seizure · overflow · plumbing · well · well water