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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary car·di·ac \\ˈkär-dē-ˌak\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakos, from kardia
DATE 1601
1. a. of, relating to, situated near, or acting on the heart b. of or relating to the cardia of the stomach2. of, relating to, or affected with heart disease cardiac patientsnoun DATE circa 1929
: a person with heart disease
cardiac
c.1600, from Fr. cardiaque, from L. cardiacus, from Gk. kardiakos, from kardia "heart" (see heart). Cardiac arrest is attested from 1950.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 cardiac
car·diac / 5kB:diAk; NAmE 5kB:rd- / adjective[only before noun]
(medical 医) connected with the heart or heart disease
心脏的；心脏病的:
cardiac disease / failure / surgery
心脏病；心力衰竭；心脏手术
to suffer cardiac arrest (= an occasion when a person's heart stops temporarily or permanently)
心脏停搏
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: cardiac arrest , or cardiac asthma , or cardiac cycle , or cardiac failure , or cardiac gland , or cardiac impulse , or cardiac jelly , or cardiac muscle , or cardiac nerve , or cardiac neurosis , or cardiac orifice , or cardiac plexus , or cardiac sphincter , or cardiac tamponade , or cardiac vein
car·di·acI. \ˈkärdēˌak, ˈkȧd-\ adjectiveEtymology: Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakos, from kardia heart 1. a. : of, relating to, or acting on the heart : situated near the heart — see cardiac muscle b. : of or relating to the cardia or sometimes to the whole stomach except the narrow part near the pyloric end 2. : of or relating to heart disease < cardiac patient > < cardiac clinic >II. noun( -s) : a person with heart disease
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