cardiac

[kahr-dee-ak]

adjective

1. of or relating to the heart.

   cardiac disease.

2. of or relating to the esophageal portion of the stomach.

noun

1. Medicine/Medical.,  a cardiac remedy.

2. a person with heart disease.

cardiac

/ ˈkɑːdɪˌæk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the heart

2. of or relating to the portion of the stomach connected to the oesophagus

noun

1. a person with a heart disorder

2. obsolete,  a drug that stimulates the heart muscle

cardiac

1. Relating to or involving the heart.

Other Word Forms

• postcardiac adjective
• precardiac adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardiac¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English or directly from Middle French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakós, equivalent to kardí(a) heart + -akos -ac

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardiac¹

C17: from Latin cardiacus, from Greek, from kardia heart

Example Sentences

While Sir Terence was retrieving the donor heart, the recipient had a cardiac arrest.

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The doctor ruled out the possibility that she had suffered respiratory failure or cardiac arrest, according to the reports.

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"In the UK every year there are 40,000 out of hospital cardiac arrests - fewer than one in ten will survive," he said.

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Cheney, who served under President George W Bush from 2001-09, died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease in early November.

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Sales of the company’s cardiac ablation products, a set of treatments for the heart condition atrial fibrillation, were up 71% compared with the same quarter last year.

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