acardiac
adjEtymology From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac; by surface analysis, a- + cardi- + -ac.
- The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries.1831, Marshall Hall, A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood, page 76:
- Derived terms
- acardiac twin, acardiac twinning
- Related terms
- acardia, anencephalic