Phrase guide

cardiac muscle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌkɑːr.di.æk ˈmʌs.əl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The striated and involuntary muscle of the vertebrate heart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: anatomy, cardiology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: myocardium, heart muscle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: muscle, biotissue, tissue

2

noun

Meaning 2

the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heart muscle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: muscle, muscular tissue

Narrower terms: pacemaker, cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node, SA node, papillary muscle, atrioventricular bundle, bundle of His, atrioventricular trunk, truncus atrioventricularis, atrioventricular node, myocardium, Purkinje fiber, Purkinje network, Purkinje's tissue, Purkinje's system

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 心肌 (xīnjī) — involuntary muscle
  • Czech: srdeční sval — involuntary muscle
  • Danish: hjertemuskel — involuntary muscle
  • Dutch: hartspier — involuntary muscle
  • Finnish: sydänlihas — involuntary muscle
  • French: myocarde — involuntary muscle
  • Georgian: გულის კუნთი (gulis ḳunti) — involuntary muscle
  • Greek: μυοκάρδιο (myokárdio) — involuntary muscle
  • Hungarian: szívizom — involuntary muscle
  • Indonesian: otot jantung — involuntary muscle
  • Malay: otot jantung — involuntary muscle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjertemuskel — involuntary muscle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjartemuskel — involuntary muscle
  • Polish: mięsień sercowy — involuntary muscle
  • Romanian: mușchi cardiac — involuntary muscle
  • Romanian: mușchi al inimii — involuntary muscle
  • Russian: миока́рд (miokárd) — involuntary muscle
  • Spanish: miocardio — involuntary muscle
  • Swedish: hjärtmuskulatur — involuntary muscle
  • Tagalog: pusuing kalamnan — involuntary muscle
  • Telugu: హృదయ కండరము (hr̥daya kaṇḍaramu) — involuntary muscle
  • Thai: กล้ามเนื้อหัวใจ (glâam-nʉ́ʉa-hǔua-jai) — involuntary muscle
  • Turkish: kalp kası — involuntary muscle