dextrocardia

dextrocardia definition - medical

dex·tro·car·di·a (dĕkˌstrō-kärˈdē-ə)

noun
The displacement of the heart to the right, either as dextroposition of a normal heart, or as cardiac heterotaxia, in which the left and right chambers are transposed.

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