See Also: cardiac(dictionary)
Cardiac(health)
Cardiac(medicine)
cardiac(dictionary)
cardiac pacemaker(medicine)
cardiac plexus(medicine)
cardiac polyp(medicine)
cardiac prominence(medicine)
cardiac reserve(medicine)
cardiac rhabdomyoma(medicine)

cardiac (iou)



cardiac noun & adjective. LME.
[French cardiaque or Latin cardiacus adjectives, from Greek kardiakos, from kardia: see CARDIA, -AC.]
A. noun.
1. A pain or ailment referred to the heart. LME-L15.
2. A medicine etc. affecting the heart; a cordial. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
3. A person with heart disease. colloq. M20.
B. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to the heart. E17.
cardiac arrest: see ARREST noun 2b. cardiac passion palpitation of the heart, heartburn. cardiac tamponade: see TAMPONADE 2.
2. Of medicines etc.: stimulating the heart; formerly, invigorating, cordial. M17.
cardiac glycoside any of a class of steroid glycosides which occur in plants and are heart stimulants, e.g. those present in digitalis.
3. Pertaining to or affected with heart disease. M18.
4. Anatomy. Of or pertaining to the cardia of the stomach. M19.
cardiacal adjective (now rare) = CARDIAC adjective LME.