cardiac
See also: cardíac
English
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːdɪæk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹdiˌæk/
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Adjective
cardiac (not comparable)
- (biology, medicine) Pertaining to the heart.
- the cardiac arteries
- (biology, medicine) Pertaining to the cardia of the stomach; cardial (cardial is the usual adjective in this sense).
- (medicine, archaic) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- 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
Related terms
Translations
pertaining to the heart
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Noun
cardiac (plural cardiacs)
- A person with heart disease.
- (dated) Heart disease.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Adjective
cardiac (not comparable)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus.
Adjective
cardiac m or n (feminine singular cardiacă, masculine plural cardiaci, feminine and neuter plural cardiace)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | cardiac | cardiacă | cardiaci | cardiace | |||
| definite | cardiacul | cardiaca | cardiacii | cardiacele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | cardiac | cardiace | cardiaci | cardiace | |||
| definite | cardiacului | cardiacei | cardiacilor | cardiacelor | ||||