cardiac B2 Topic:The Human Body US /ˈkɑrdiˌæk/ UK /ˈkɑːdiæk/ See IPA manual Freq #9367 Meanings 1 adj relating to the heart or its action Fear and joy can both produce cardiac palpitation. 2 noun a person affected by heart disease; a cardiac patient The clinic provides supervised exercise for cardiac patients. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · relating to the heart or... heart-relatedcoronary 2 noun · a person affected by heart... heart patient Word family Derived forms cardiacally Related forms heartcardiologymyocardium Common collocations cardiac output Adjective + noun cardiac pacemaker Adjective + noun cardiac resuscitation Adjective + noun Etymology From French cardiaque and Latin cardiacus, from Ancient Greek kardiakos ("relating to the heart"), based on kardia ("heart"). Topics The Human Body External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cardiac **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑrdiˌæk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɑːdiæk/ **Frequency rank:** 9367 ## Meanings 1. relating to the heart or its action 2. a person affected by heart disease; a cardiac patient ## Examples - Fear and joy can both produce cardiac palpitation. - The clinic provides supervised exercise for cardiac patients. ## Synonyms - heart-related - coronary ## Derived Forms - cardiacally ## Related Forms - heart - cardiology - myocardium ## Etymology From French cardiaque and Latin cardiacus, from Ancient Greek kardiakos ("relating to the heart"), based on kardia ("heart"). ## Topics - The Human Body markdown