Definitions for cardiac
ˈkɑr diˌækcar·diac

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. cardiacadjective

   of or relating to the heart

   "cardiac arrest"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cardiacadjective

   Pertaining to the heart.

2. cardiacadjective

   Pertaining to the cardia.

3. Etymology: From καρδιακός, from καρδία. Distantly related to English courage, which is from Latin, but of same Proto-Indo-European root.

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1. cardiac

   The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to the lungs. In humans, the heart is approximately the size of a closed fist and is located between the lungs, in the middle compartment of the chest.In humans, other mammals, and birds, the heart is divided into four chambers: upper left and right atria and lower left and right ventricles. Commonly the right atrium and ventricle are referred together as the right heart and their left counterparts as the left heart. Fish, in contrast, have two chambers, an atrium and a ventricle, while most reptiles have three chambers. In a healthy heart blood flows one way through the heart due to heart valves, which prevent backflow. The heart is enclosed in a protective sac, the pericardium, which also contains a small amount of fluid. The wall of the heart is made up of three layers: epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium.The heart pumps blood with a rhythm determined by a group of pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node. These generate a current that causes the heart to contract, traveling through the atrioventricular node and along the conduction system of the heart. In humans, deoxygenated blood enters the heart through the right atrium from the superior and inferior venae cavae and passes it to the right ventricle. From here it is pumped into pulmonary circulation to the lungs, where it receives oxygen and gives off carbon dioxide. Oxygenated blood then returns to the left atrium, passes through the left ventricle and is pumped out through the aorta into systemic circulation, traveling through arteries, arterioles, and capillaries—where nutrients and other substances are exchanged between blood vessels and cells, losing oxygen and gaining carbon dioxide—before being returned to the heart through venules and veins. The heart beats at a resting rate close to 72 beats per minute. Exercise temporarily increases the rate, but lowers it in the long term, and is good for heart health.Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death globally as of 2008, accounting for 30% of deaths. Of these more than three-quarters are a result of coronary artery disease and stroke. Risk factors include: smoking, being overweight, little exercise, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and poorly controlled diabetes, among others. Cardiovascular diseases do not frequently have symptoms but may cause chest pain or shortness of breath. Diagnosis of heart disease is often done by the taking of a medical history, listening to the heart-sounds with a stethoscope, ECG, echocardiogram, and ultrasound. Specialists who focus on diseases of the heart are called cardiologists, although many specialties of medicine may be involved in treatment.

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1. cardiac

   Cardiac refers to anything related to the heart. It involves the heart's structure, function, conditions, diseases, disorders, or the treatment thereof. Derived from the Greek word "kardiakos," which also means pertaining to the heart.

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1. Cardiacadjective

   pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach

2. Cardiacadjective

   exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant

3. Cardiacnoun

   a medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial

4. Etymology: [L. cardiacus, Gr. , fr. heart: cf. F. cardiaque.]

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1. Cardiac

   Cardiac is a fictional character comic book vigilante hero appearing in publications from Marvel Comics. Created by writer David Michelinie and penciller Erik Larsen, he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #342.

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1. Cardiac

   kär′di-ak, adj. belonging to the heart: cordial, reviving—also Cardiac′al.—ns. Car′diac, a disease of the heart: a cordial; Car′dialgy, Cardial′gia, an uneasy sensation or burning pain at the upper orifice of the stomach, apparently at the heart—hence called heartburn; Car′diograph, an apparatus for recording by a tracing—Car′diogram—the movements of the heart; Car′dioid, a geometrical curve, so called from its heart-like form; Cardīt′is, inflammation of the heart. [L.—Gr. kardiakos—kardia, the heart.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cardiac

   belonging or relating to the heart.

Anagrams for cardiac »

1. Arcadic

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cardiac in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cardiac in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of cardiac in a Sentence

1. John Higgins:

   There's been several cases described of people that have gone into cardiac arrest after consuming more than one energy beverage, and when they've done sort of further analysis on these individuals, they haven't been able to find anything abnormal other than the very high levels of caffeine and taurine in the toxicology, in one case, a young 28-year-old who drunk eight cans of an energy drink actually went into cardiac arrest, and they found John Higgins arteries of John Higgins heart were completely locked up. When they were able to open them up, all the testing revealed nothing wrong with this person other than he had high levels of caffeine and taurine.

2. Ning Feng:

   Taken together, these findings show that any abnormality in the way BDNF communicates with its receptor and its associated intracardiac signaling appears to unlock a cascade of chemical glitches that eventually leads to poor cardiac function.

3. Laxmi Mehta:

   We know rates of heart attacks in young women are lower than in young men, the death rates may be higher in women due to underuse of guideline-derived medical therapies and lower referral rates to cardiac rehab in women.

4. William Sweeney Jr.:

   What actually happened to the horses amounted to nothing less than abuse, they experienced cardiac issues, overexertion leading to leg fractures, increased risk of injury and, in some cases, death.

5. Erin Michos:

   We know that cardiac damage is a marker for more mortality, this study clearly showed that even after you account for age and pre-existing cardiovascular disease, there was a still four-fold increased risk of dying. That's really important.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cardiac
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cardiac
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cardiac
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cardiac
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cardiac
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=cardiac