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dextrocardia

[ dek-stroh-kahr-dee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. an abnormal condition in which the heart is displaced to the right side of the chest.
  2. dextral displacement of the heart with complete transposition of the cardiac chambers, the right chambers being on the left side and the left chambers being on the right side.


dextrocardia

/ ˌdɛkstrəʊˈkɑːdɪə /

noun

  1. med the abnormal location of the heart in the right side of the chest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • dextro·cardi·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dextrocardia1

From New Latin; dextro-, -cardia
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Example Sentences

The titular character in Ian Fleming’s 1958 James Bond novel Dr No is saved from a bullet because of his dextrocardia.

Last January, Ms. Peralta learned she had been living with dextrocardia, a heart condition, since birth.

In fact it goes beyond mere dextrocardia, which would mean only the heart is transposed; instead, all our organs are placed in mirror image to the norm.

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