cardiac
Syllabification: (car·di·ac)
Pronunciation: /ˈkärdēˌak/
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Definition of cardiac
adjective
noun
Medicine, informalOrigin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting heart disease): from French cardiaque or Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakos, from kardia 'heart or upper opening of the stomach'. The adjective dates from the early 17th century