What does cardiac mean?

Definitions for cardiac
ˈkɑr diˌækcar·diac

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cardiacadjective

    of or relating to the heart

    "cardiac arrest"

Wiktionary

  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.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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.

Webster Dictionary

  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.]

Wikidata

  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.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  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. kardiakoskardia, the heart.]

Entomology

  1. Cardiac

    belonging or relating to the heart.

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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. Mary Norine Walsh:

    The message here is that we need to know our own risk factors for cardiovascular disease and have those addressed by a trusted physician, exercise, in general, is a good thing, but we can’t always predict every single cardiac event.

  2. Jennifer Solomon:

    The studies have shown that it has not been harmful in high level athletes who are healthy-- there's been no studies looking at this in an average person or anybody with any diseases or illnesses, in my opinion, if somebody has risks for heart disease or cardiac disease or a family history of stroke, I still think that this could cause a huge stress on the body, which can lead to potential dangerous issues.

  3. Steven Matteo:

    An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a person's best chance of surviving a sudden cardiac death (SCD). This legislation will dramatically expand access to AEDs, along with proper training, for thousands of little league teams, free of charge.

  4. John Crowley:

    What the enzyme is designed to do is to replace the enzyme that's missing or defective in people with Pompe, it's designed to get to muscle cells, including the heart, which is a cardiac muscle, to get to the diaphragm, which is involved of course in breathing, and restore muscle function as best as it can.

  5. Emma Labuschagne:

    We researched the hospital and specifically the cardiac surgeons, Dr.( Pedro) del Nido and Dr.( Tal) Geva, they have a 100 % success rate and an exceptional reputation. From this moment we knew that we had to try and make this journey.

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