cardiac

UK /ˈkɑːdɪæk/ · US /ˈkɑɹdiˌæk/

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.

Antonyms

noncardiac

Derived terms

47 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

acardiac, cardiology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cordial, courage, endocardium, myocardium, pericardium