cardio-, cardi-, card-
(Greek: heart, pertaining to the heart)
essential bradycardia
A slow heart beat in the absence of any pathological explanation.
exocardia
exocardiac
exocardial
fetal bradycardia
A persistent fetal heart rate slower than 120 beats per minute throughout one ten-minute period.
gastrocardiac (adjective), more gastrocardiac, most gastrocardiac
Descriptive of a condition associated with both the heart and the stomach: Alison went to the doctor for a thorough gastrocardiac examination as she had been having both chest and abdominal pains.
gastropericardial fistula
A passageway between the stomach and the pericardial sac (that surrounds the heart).
gravidocardiac
A reference to heart disease as a result of pregnancy.
hypercardia
An excessive enlargement of the heart.
infracardiac
intracardiac
intramyocardial
juxtacardiac
Near or beside the heart; also, paracardiac.
kinetocardiogram
One type of graphic recording of the vibrations of the chest wall produced by cardiac activity.
kinetocardiography
The graphic recording of the slow vibrations of the anterior chest wall in the region of the heart, representing the absolute motion at a given point on the chest.
A cross reference of another word group that is related to: "heart": cor-, cord-.
