א"ס
English translation: insufficiency
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|  Selected response from: Akiva Brest (X) Israel Local time: 12:07 | ||||||
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| 5 | אי ספיקה |
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| 5 | failure or insufficiency |
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57 mins confidence: 
| א\"ס אי ספיקה Explanation: insufficient flow |
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1 day 27 mins confidence:
failure or insufficiency Explanation: In this context, you are absolutely correct to translate אי ספיקת לב as cardiac insufficiency. You could also translate it as cardiac failure. Despite it's literal English meaning of "insufficient flow", the term "אי ספיקה" , in a medical context is actually never translated this way. You would never translate אי ספיקת לב as insufficient cardiac flow. אי ספיקה may be used to denote failure, or insufficiency of any organ, for example renal failure: אי ספיקת כליות or liver failure: אי ספיקת כבד Example sentence(s):
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