cardiac

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cardiac
    adj 1: of or relating to the heart; "cardiac arrest"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cardiac \Car"di*ac\, a. [L. cardiacus, Gr. ?, fr. ? heart: cf.
   F. cardiaque.]
   1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as,
      the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the
      stomach.
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   2. (Med.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of
      the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
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   {Cardiac passion} (Med.) cardialgia; heartburn. [Archaic]

   {Cardiac wheel}. (Mach.) See {Heart wheel}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cardiac \Car"di*ac\ n. (Med.)
   A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "cardiac":
      abdominal, anal, appendical, cecal, colic, colonic, coronary,
      duodenal, enteric, gastric, ileac, intestinal, jejunal,
      mesogastric, pyloric, rectal, splanchnic, visceral

    

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