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cardiac

[kahr-dee-ak]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the heart.

    cardiac disease.

  2. of or relating to the esophageal portion of the stomach.



noun

  1. Medicine/Medical.a cardiac remedy.

  2. a person with heart disease.

cardiac

/ ˈɑːɪˌæ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the heart

  2. of or relating to the portion of the stomach connected to the oesophagus

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person with a heart disorder

  2. obsoletea drug that stimulates the heart muscle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cardiac

  1. Relating to or involving the heart.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • postcardiac adjective
  • precardiac adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cardiac1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English or directly from Middle French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus, from Greek 첹徱ó, equivalent to 첹í() heart + -akos -ac
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cardiac1

C17: from Latin cardiacus, from Greek, from kardia heart
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Yulin died Tuesday of cardiac arrest in New York, his manager Sue Leibman and his family confirmed in a statement to The Times on Thursday.

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Police were called at about 23:30 GMT to reports of the disturbance and found Mr Rivero unconscious on the pavement with a severe head injury and in cardiac arrest.

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Doctors also concluded nothing more could be done to resuscitate her after she later went into cardiac arrest, the inquest heard.

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An "apparent power battle" has been unfolding between some senior doctors in the Royal Victoria Hospital's cardiac surgery unit, a leaked inspection report has said.

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The widow of a police officer who died of a heart attack aged 48 said there was "no reason" why he should have succumbed to an unknown cardiac defect.

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