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noncardiac en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Ancient Greek κᾰρδῐᾰκός (kărdĭăkós)bor. Latin cardiacusder. Middle French cardiaqueder. English cardiac English noncardiac From non- + cardiac.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, usually) Not cardiac. ▸ Not in or related to the heart.
    • There has been a decline in noncardiac deaths this year.
  2. (not-comparable, qualifier:occasionally) Not cardiac. ▸ Not in or related to the cardia of the stomach.
    • noncardiac stomach cancer
    • noncardiac gastric cancer

Synonyms

noncardial · noncardia · nonheart