Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
-     Situated in front of the heart — that is, cephalad of the heart. Compare 
precardial . 
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- adjective anatomy  
anterior to theheart  
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is also often found in precardiac patients and those who experience strokes.
Stress and the Manager KARL ALBRECHT 1979
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It is also often found in precardiac patients and those who experience strokes.
Stress and the Manager KARL ALBRECHT 1979
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It is also often found in precardiac patients and those who experience strokes.
Stress and the Manager KARL ALBRECHT 1979
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Gao M, Lough J (2000) Requirement for BMP and FGF signaling during cardiogenic induction in non-precardiac mesoderm is specific, transient, and cooperative.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Kemar Brown et al. 2010
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Rudy-Reil D, Lough J (2004) Avian precardiac endoderm/mesoderm induces cardiac myocyte differentiation in murine embryonic stem cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Kemar Brown et al. 2010
 
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