Helen Fenton

Cardiac: Definition and part of speech

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Cardiac

  1. n. A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
  2. a. Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.
  3. a. Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cardialgy: Definition and part of speech

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Cardialgy

  1. n. A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cardinal: Definition and part of speech

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Cardinal

  1. a. Mulled red wine.
  2. a. Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
  3. a. One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope’s council, or the sacred college.
  4. a. A woman’s short cloak with a hood.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.