English Explanatory Dictionary

cardiac

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the heart.
  2. Pertaining to the cardia of the stomach; cardial (cardial is the usual adjective in this sense).
  3. Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
noun
  1. A person with heart disease.
  2. Heart disease.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑːdɪæk/ /ˈkɑɹdiˌæk/ en-us-cardiac.oga

Word forms

cardiac cardiack cardiacs

Etymology

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.

Antonyms

noncardiac

Related words

acardiac cardiology cardiopulmonary resuscitation cordial courage endocardium myocardium pericardium

Derived words

amniocardiac apicocardiac ballistocardiac branchiocardiac cardiac arrest cardiac board cardiac muscle cardiac output cardiac passion cardiac plexus cardiac syndrome X cardiac tamponade cerebrocardiac cervicicardiac cervicocardiac congestive cardiac failure craniocardiac craniocerebellocardiac electrocardiac endocardiac esophagocardiac exocardiac extracardiac gastrocardiac great cardiac vein hepatocardiac infracardiac intracardiac magnetocardiac mesocardiac myocardiac nephrocardiac neurocardiac oculocardiac pancardiac paracardiac postcardiac precardiac pseudocardiac pterocardiac renocardiac retrocardiac supracardiac transcardiac trigeminocardiac urocardiac zygocardiac
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