Category:Cardiac

Car"di*ac, a. Etym: [L. cardiacus, Gr., fr. cardiaque.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.

2. (Med.)

Defn: Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant. Cardiac passion (Med.) cardialgia; heartburn. [Archaic] -- Cardiac wheel. (Mach.) See Heart wheel.

cardiac Car"di*ac n. (Med.)

Defn: A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.