cardiacadjective
uk/ˈkɑː.di.æk/us/ˈkɑːr.di.æk/of the heart or heart disease
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Relating to particular parts of the body
- aural
- bronchial
- cardio
- cerebral
- cervical
- deltoid
- deltoids
- gastric
- genito-urinary
- lumbar
- mammary
- motor
- ocular
- optic
- orally
- ovarian
- pubis
- renal
- spinal
- venous
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Examples from literature
- He had a loud cardiac murmur.
- He's not well—some obscure cardiac trouble from which he suffers at times most horribly.
- Its use as a medicine is chiefly that of a cardiac stimulant, and often admits of substitution.
- Respiratory and cardiac action somewhat accelerated, pulse rapid and feeble.
- Sudden death from cardiac paralysis or from cardiac spasm is not uncommon.