cardiac

[ kahr-dee-ak ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the heart:

   cardiac disease.

2. of or relating to the esophageal portion of the stomach.

noun

1. Medicine/Medical. a cardiac remedy.
2. a person with heart disease.

cardiac

/ ˈkɑːdɪˌæk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the heart
2. of or relating to the portion of the stomach connected to the oesophagus

noun

1. a person with a heart disorder
2. obsolete.
   a drug that stimulates the heart muscle

cardiac

/ kär′dē-ăk′ /

1. Relating to or involving the heart.

Other Words From

• post·car·di·ac adjective
• pre·car·di·ac adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardiac¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English or directly from Middle French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakós, equivalent to kardí(a) heart + -akos -ac

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardiac¹

C17: from Latin cardiacus, from Greek, from kardia heart

Example Sentences

Other than Weaver taking medical leave as a result of a cardiac emergency as word of the New York Post article reached the Lincoln Project, no action was announced against him in the middle of a campaign season.

From Washington Blade

The analysis found that adult cardiac surgery volume fell by more than half nationwide, to roughly 12,000 surgeries a month on average.

From Washington Post

Taken along with conventional heart medication in patients with chronic cardiac failure, hawthorn berries have been found to improve heart function, shortness of breath, and fatigue.

From Popular-Science

One part of the theory is that stress can cause your cardiac and respiratory signals to get out of whack, and that slowing your breathing can help them synchronize again .

From Popular-Science

At Christiana Hospital in Delaware, critical-care nurse Lauren Esposito and her colleagues typically work with critical cardiac patients.

From Vox

A woman, sixty-eight, suffers a heart attack and goes into prolonged cardiac arrest.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, half of the people who have cardiac events have “ideal” levels of LDL cholesterol.

From The Daily Beast

In the heart, it reversed age-induced cardiac hypertrophy (enlargement of the heart).

From The Daily Beast

The hope was that death would occur quickly in an unconscious senseless person both by cardiac and respiratory arrest.

From The Daily Beast

But there are reports which say cannabis can be considered as a cause of death because it can induce a cardiac arrest.

From The Daily Beast

He knew that there was cardiac trouble in his family, but he had never realized before the meaning of his heritage.

From Project Gutenberg

In addition to all this, Jessie's brother dies of consumption, and a seaside acquaintance is half killed by cardiac asthma.

From Project Gutenberg

The symptoms of the disease are moderated, the duration of the attack is shortened, and the cardiac complications are prevented.

From Project Gutenberg

Gently assist the progress of the catheter down the œsophagus until it passes the cardiac orifice of the stomach.

From Project Gutenberg

All reforms hitherto had profited nothing, because they had been either cerebral or cardiac.

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