cardiac

English

Etymology

From Middle French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus, from Ancient Greek καρδιακός (kardiakós, “relating to the heart”), from καρδία (kardía, “heart”).

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Adjective

cardiac (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the heart.
    the cardiac arteries
  2. (anatomy) Pertaining to the cardia.
  3. (medicine, archaic) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.

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Noun

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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