ANACARDIACEOUS | • anacardiaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs. • ANACARDIACEOUS adj. belonging to the Anacardiaceae, the cashew-nut family. |
BRADYCARDIAC | • bradycardiac adj. Of, pertaining to or afflicted with bradycardia. • BRADYCARDIAC adj. having an abnormally low rate of heartbeat. |
CARDIAC | • cardiac adj. (Biology, medicine) Pertaining to the heart. • cardiac adj. (Biology, medicine) Pertaining to the cardia; cardial (cardial is the usual adjective in this sense). • cardiac adj. (Medicine, archaic) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant. |
CARDIACAL | • cardiacal adj. Cardiac. • CARDIACAL adj. related to the heart, also CARDIAC. |
CARDIACS | • cardiacs n. Plural of cardiac. • CARDIAC n. a person with a heart disorder. |
DEXTROCARDIAC | • dextrocardiac n. One who has the heart on the right-hand side of the body. • DEXTROCARDIAC n. a person who has dextrocardia, a condition in which the heart is on the right-hand side of the chest. |
DEXTROCARDIACS | • dextrocardiacs n. Plural of dextrocardiac. • DEXTROCARDIAC n. a person who has dextrocardia, a condition in which the heart is on the right-hand side of the chest. |
DIPLOCARDIAC | • DIPLOCARDIAC adj. of birds and mammals, having a four-chambered heart, which enables two separate circulations and prevents mixing of the arterial and venous blood. |
ENDOCARDIAC | • endocardiac adj. Relating to the endocardium. • endocardiac adj. (Medicine) Seated or generated within the heart. • ENDOCARDIAC adj. relating to the endocardium, a membrane lining the heart cavities, also ENDOCARDIAL. |
EPICARDIAC | • epicardiac adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to the epicardium. • EPICARDIAC adj. relating to the epicardium, that part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart, also EPICARDIAL. |
INTRACARDIAC | • intracardiac adj. (Anatomy) Inside the heart. • INTRACARDIAC adj. situated or occurring within or introduced or involving entry into the heart. |
NONCARDIAC | • noncardiac adj. Not cardiac; not related to the heart. • NONCARDIAC adj. not related to the heart. |
PERICARDIAC | • pericardiac adj. Alternative form of pericardial. • PERICARDIAC adj. relating to the pericardium, a membranous sac containing the heart, also PERICARDIAL, PERICARDIAN. |
TACHYCARDIAC | • tachycardiac adj. Of, pertaining to or afflicted with tachycardia. • TACHYCARDIAC adj. related to tachycardia, quick heart-rate. |
ZYGOCARDIAC | • zygocardiac adj. (Anatomy) Yoke-like and cardiac; applied to an ossicle of the stomach of some crustaceans. • ZYGOCARDIAC adj. denoting certain paired lateral ossicles in the gastric mill of Crustacea. |