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cardiac definition

car·diac (kär′dē ak′)

adjective

  1. of, near, or affecting the heart
  2. relating to the part of the stomach connected with the esophagus

Etymology: Fr cardiaque < L cardiacus < Gr kardiakos < kardia, heart

noun

  1. a medicine that stimulates cardiac action
  2. a person with a heart disorder

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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