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Webster 1913 Edition


Cardiac

Car′di-ac

,
Adj.
[L.
cardiacus
, Gr.
[GREEK]
, fr. [GREEK] heart: cf. F.
cardiaque
.]
1.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart;
as, the
cardiac
arteries; the
cardiac
, or left, end of the stomach
.
2.
(Med.)
Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
Cardiac passion
(Med.)
cardialgia; heartburn.
[Archaic]
Cardiac wheel
.
(Mach.)

Car′di-ac

Noun.
(Med.)
A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cardiac

CARDIAC

,

Definition 2024


cardiac

cardiac

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Adjective

cardiac (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the heart.
    the cardiac arteries
  2. Pertaining to the cardia.
  3. (medicine, archaic) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.

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Noun

cardiac (plural cardiacs)

  1. A person with heart disease.
  2. (medicine) A medicine that excites action in the stomach.

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