| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| cardiac |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | car·di·ac |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kär d - k |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of, near, or relating to the heart: cardiac arteries. 2. Of or relating to the cardia. | | NOUN: | A person with a heart disorder. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakos, from kardi , heart. See kerd- in Appendix I.
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
