cardiac
pronunciation
How to pronounce cardiac in British English:
UK [ˈkɑ:diæk]
How to pronounce cardiac in American English:
US [ˈkɑrdiæk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the heart
Word Origin
- cardiac
- cardiac: see heart
- cardiac (adj.)
- c. 1600, from French cardiaque (14c.) or directly from Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakos "pertaining to the heart," from kardia "heart," from PIE root *kerd- (1) "heart" (see heart (n.)). Cardiac arrest is attested from 1950. Greek kardia also could mean "stomach" and Latin cardiacus "pertaining to the stomach." This terminology continues somewhat in modern medicine. Confusion of heart and nearby digestive organs also is reflected in Breton kalon "heart," from Old French cauldun "bowels," and English heartburn for "indigestion."
Example
- 1. The result is the financial equivalent of cardiac arrest .
- 2. Almost as surprising , the cardiac patients have embraced the routine .
- 3. And then she went into full cardiac arrest .
- 4. A hospital spokesman would not confirm reports of cardiac arrest .
- 5. Just how the cardiac stem cells achieved this feat remains unclear .