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cardiology

[ kahr-dee-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease.


cardiology

/ ˌkɑːdɪˈɒlədʒɪ; ˌkɑːdɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

  1. the branch of medical science concerned with the heart and its diseases
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cardiology

/ kär′dē-ŏlə-jē /

  1. The branch of medicine that deals with diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the heart.


cardiology

  1. The branch of medicine devoted to the study and care of the heart and circulatory system .


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Derived Forms

  • cardiological, adjective
  • ˌcardiˈologist, noun
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Other Words From

  • car·di·o·log·ic [kahr-dee-, uh, -, loj, -ik], cardi·o·logi·cal adjective
  • cardi·olo·gist noun
  • noncar·di·o·logic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cardiology1

First recorded in 1840–50; cardio- + -logy
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Example Sentences

If even a fraction of heart-disease patients are missing their regular cardiology visits during the pandemic, there could be a bump in that overall mortality number down the line.

From Time

The Sana Clinic is, according to its own statements, the first hospital in the world to use this novel technology in cardiology.

In cardiology, we see the ability to increase blood flow in a human.

It really has to do with — again on a case-by-case basis — the confidence that their cardiology team has with the repair, and with the lack of symptoms and the negative tests of a patient postoperatively.

The specialists drawing the biggest paycheques are in interventional cardiology, a subset of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter-based treatment of heart diseases.

From Quartz

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 46(6):986-93.

She was transported to the Cardiology Centre in Frankfurt, where she escaped through an open bathroom window.

I recall seeing Dr. Bashour who is an associate professor of medicine and chief of the cardiology section at Parkland.

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