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Webster 1913 Edition


Acardiac

A-car′di-ac

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK];
priv. + [GREEK] heart.]
Without a heart;
as, an
acardiac
fetus
.

Definition 2024


acardiac

acardiac

English

Adjective

acardiac (not comparable)

  1. (medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
    • 1831, Marshall Hall, A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood, page 76:
      The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries.

Derived terms

  • acardiac twin
  • acardiac twinning

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