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Webster 1913 Edition
Cardiac
Car′di-ac
,Adj.
[L.
cardiacus
, Gr. [GREEK]
, fr. [GREEK] heart: cf. F. cardiaque
.] 1.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart;
as, the
. cardiac
arteries; the cardiac
, or left, end of the stomach2.
(Med.)
Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
Car′di-ac
Noun.
(Med.)
A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.