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heart (Essential part), noun core, essence, marrow, nerve, nucleus, pith, sum and substance
Associated concepts: heart of the case, heart of the pleadings
heart (Fortitude), noun ardor, backbone, doughtiness, fearlessness, fervor, focus, gallantry, intestinal fortitude, mettle, spirit, substance, toleration, valor
heart (Kindness), noun altruism, benevolence, clemency, compassion, gentleness, grace, humanity, kind offices, kind treatment, leniency, magnanimity, mercy, pity, sympathy, temperament, tenderness
See also: center, confidence, consequence, cornerstone, essence, faith, focus, frame, main point, significance, substance


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Tetralogy of Fallot is one of the most common heart defects in children.
Eight-year-old Rolan, accompanied by her mother, came to Jordan so that she could be operated on using the FONTAN procedure which enhances her chance to beat a complex congenital heart defect she suffered from since she was two weeks old.
According to the study, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the risk of having a baby with congenital heart defects was around 18 percent greater if a woman was overweight or obese when she became pregnant than it was among normal-weight women.
 
 
 
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