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dextrocardia
[dek-stroh-kahr-dee-uh]
noun
an abnormal condition in which the heart is displaced to the right side of the chest.
dextral displacement of the heart with complete transposition of the cardiac chambers, the right chambers being on the left side and the left chambers being on the right side.
dextrocardia
/ ˌɛٰəʊˈɑːɪə /
noun
med the abnormal location of the heart in the right side of the chest
Other 51Թ Forms
- dextrocardial adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dextrocardia1
Example Sentences
The titular character in Ian Fleming’s 1958 James Bond novel Dr No is saved from a bullet because of his dextrocardia.
Last January, Ms. Peralta learned she had been living with dextrocardia, a heart condition, since birth.
In fact it goes beyond mere dextrocardia, which would mean only the heart is transposed; instead, all our organs are placed in mirror image to the norm.
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