Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, near, or relating to the heart.
- adjective Of or relating to the cardia.
- noun A person with a heart disorder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the heart.
- Exciting action in the heart; having the quality of stimulating action in the circulatory system.
- Hence Cordial; producing strength and cheerfulness.
- Pertaining to the esophageal portion of the stomach: opposed to pyloric.
- noun A medicine which excites action in the stomach and animates the spirits; a cordial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart.
- adjective (Med.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
- adjective (Med.), [Archaic] cardialgia; heartburn.
- adjective (Mach.) See
Heart wheel . - noun (Med.) A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to the
heart . - adjective Pertaining to the
cardia . - noun medicine A
medicine thatexcites action in thestomach .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the heart
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Each year we receive more than 400 inquiries from families outside the U.S. seeking treatment in cardiac care, cancer care, endocrinology, orthopaedics, neurology, plastic surgery, urology and many other areas.
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Plants that contain cardiac glycoside can cause changes in the rate or rhythm of your child's heart.
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The number of Internet searches, blog posts and amateur videos about Jackson — from heartfelt tributes to expressions of disbelief — have skyrocketed since the pop icon was found in cardiac arrest inside his Los Angeles home on Thursday.
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Ambulance arrives at 5: 38 to find child in cardiac arrest.
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Every technological form of support and treatment available in cardiac care is available here.
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Detection of a 22q11. 2 deletion in cardiac patients suggests a risk for velopharyngeal incompetence.
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And he basically said America's Gulf Coast is in cardiac arrest and the system is breaking down, not from one thing but everything.
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A combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions delivered to victims thought to be in cardiac arrest, to save their life.
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I wove through research about this syndrome, which is characterized by a cardiac electrical glitch.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010
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I wove through research about this syndrome, which is characterized by a cardiac electrical glitch.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010
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If anything, Buckingham told me, heart rate should increase over the course of the day—a phenomenon known as “cardiac drift.”
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