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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the heart.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anatomy and physiology, a discourse or treatise on the heart; a scientific statement of the facts relating to the heart.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases

Etymologies

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cardio- + -logy

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