adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjələ(ɹ)/
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Canada, General-American:/ˌkɑɹdi.oʊˈvæskjəlɚ/
Australian:/ˌkaːdi.əʉˈvæskjələ(ɹ)/
CMU ARPABET:K AA2 R D IY0 OW0 V AE1 S K Y AH0 L ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective
Meaning 2
of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
cardiovascular conditioning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh2 Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- English vascular English cardiovascular From cardio- + vascular.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
جِهَاز اَلدَّوَرَان
(jihāz ad-dawarān)
— relating to the circulatory system
Arabic:
جِهَاز قَلْبِيّ وِعَائِيّ
(jihāz qalbiyy wiʕāʔiyy)
— relating to the circulatory system
Arabic:
جهاز قلبي وعائي
(gehaaz qalbi wiʕaaʔi)
— relating to the circulatory system
Armenian:
սիրտ-անոթային
(sirt-anotʻayin)
— relating to the circulatory system
Azerbaijani:
ürək-damar
— relating to the circulatory system
Catalan:
cardiovascular
— relating to the circulatory system
Chinese Mandarin:
心血管
(xīnxuèguǎn)
— relating to the circulatory system
Czech:
kardiovaskulární
— relating to the circulatory system
Finnish:
sydän- ja verisuoni-
— relating to the circulatory system
French:
cardiovasculaire
— relating to the circulatory system
Galician:
cardiovascular
— relating to the circulatory system
German:
Herz-Kreislauf
— relating to the circulatory system
Greek:
καρδιαγγειακός
(kardiangeiakós)
— relating to the circulatory system
Greek:
καρδιοαγγειακός
(kardioangeiakós)
— relating to the circulatory system
Hindi:
हृदयवाहिनी
(hŕdayvāhinī)
— relating to the circulatory system
Hungarian:
szív- és érrendszeri
— relating to the circulatory system
Indonesian:
kardiovaskular
— relating to the circulatory system
Irish:
cardashoithíoch
— relating to the circulatory system
Italian:
cardiovascolare
— relating to the circulatory system
Japanese:
心臓血管
(shinzō kekkan)
— relating to the circulatory system
Kazakh:
жүрек-қан тамырлары
(jürek-qan tamyrlary)
— relating to the circulatory system
Northern Kurdish:
dilelûle
— relating to the circulatory system
Northern Kurdish:
dilelûleyî
— relating to the circulatory system
Malay:
kardiovaskular
— relating to the circulatory system
Persian:
قلب و عروق
(qalb-o-'oruq)
— relating to the circulatory system
Polish:
sercowo-naczyniowy
— relating to the circulatory system
Portuguese:
cardiovascular
— relating to the circulatory system
Romanian:
cardiovascular
— relating to the circulatory system
Russian:
серде́чно-сосу́дистый
(serdéčno-sosúdistyj)
— relating to the circulatory system
Spanish:
cardiovascular
— relating to the circulatory system
Swedish:
kardiovaskulär
— relating to the circulatory system
Turkish:
kardiyovasküler
— relating to the circulatory system
Ukrainian:
серце́во-суди́нний
(sercévo-sudýnnyj)
— relating to the circulatory system
