cardiac meaning

• Adjective: cardiac  'kaa(r)dee`ak
  1. Of or relating to the heart
     "cardiac arrest"

  See also: heart

  Encyclopedia: Cardiac

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  [Medicine]
  n : an individual with heart disease
  adj
  1
  a : of, relating to, situated near, or acting on the heart
  b : of or relating to the cardia of the stomach
  2 : of, relating to, or affected with heart disease
  

• cardiac aneurysm:    [Medicine]An aneur ...
• cardiac aneurysms:    [Medicine]An aneur ...
• cardiac arrest:    Noun: cardiac arre ...

Examples

1. the third cardiac malposition is dextrocardia.
2. epinephrine is a powerful cardiac stimulant.
3. each cardiac cell is surrounded by a plasmamembrane.
4. cardiac muscle is the muscle out of which the heart is made.
5. a ring of muscle, the cardiac sphincter, surrounds the esophagus at this point.