Cardiac

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cardiac \Car"di*ac\, a. [L. cardiacus, Gr. ?, fr. ? 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.
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     2. (Med.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of
        the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
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     {Cardiac passion} (Med.) cardialgia; heartburn. [Archaic]
  
     {Cardiac wheel}. (Mach.) See {Heart wheel}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cardiac \Car"di*ac\ n. (Med.)
     A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cardiac
       adj : of or relating to the heart; "cardiac arrest"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "cardiac":
     abdominal, anal, appendical, cecal, colic, colonic, coronary,
     duodenal, enteric, gastric, ileac, intestinal, jejunal,
     mesogastric, pyloric, rectal, splanchnic, visceral