Dictionary Definition. 1  conspecific adj : belonging to the same species; cultivated cabbage and wild cabbage are conspecific n : an organism belonging to the same species as another organism. 2  Conspecificity is a concept in biology. Two or more individual organisms, populations, or taxa are termed conspecific if they belong to the same species.
heart disease. 1. any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning. They are much more likely to have metabolic syndromeâa condition that puts you at high risk for diabetes and heart disease. Unfortunately for the proponents of high-carbohydrate diets, high blood triglycerides are a major risk factor for heart disease.
Heart Failure (Definition) Heart failure is a complex set of conditions in which the heart fails to pump a normal amount of blood with each beat. This can be due to poor squeezing function (systolic heart failure) and/or a stiff heart incapable of filling normally (diastolic heart failure).