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adj
Pertaining to the heart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Pertaining to the cardia of the stomach; cardial (cardial is the usual adjective in this sense).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A person with heart disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Heart disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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adjective
of or relating to the heart
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh2 Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós) Ancient Greek κᾰρδῐᾰκός (kărdĭăkós)bor. Latin cardiacusder. Middle French cardiaqueder. English cardiac From Middle French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus, from Ancient Greek καρδιακός (kardiakós, “relating to the heart”), from καρδία (kardía, “heart”); by surface analysis, cardi- + -ac.
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