cardiac

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See also: cardíac

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus, from Ancient Greek καρδιακός (kardiakós, relating to the heart), from καρδία (kardía, heart); by surface analysis, cardi- +‎ -ac.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cardiac (not comparable)

  1. (biology, medicine) Pertaining to the heart.
    the cardiac arteries
  2. (biology, medicine) Pertaining to the cardia; cardial (cardial is the usual adjective in this sense).
  3. (medicine, archaic) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.

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Translations

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Noun

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cardiac (plural cardiacs)

  1. A person with heart disease.
  2. (dated) Heart disease.
  3. (medicine) A medicine that excites action in the stomach.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cardiac”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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cardiac (not comparable)

  1. cardiac

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus.

Adjective

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cardiac m or n (feminine singular cardiacă, masculine plural cardiaci, feminine and neuter plural cardiace)

  1. cardiac

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