different between cardiac vs contractility
cardiac
English
Etymology
From Middle French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kardiakós, “relating to the heart”), from ?????? (kardía, “heart”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??d?æk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??di?æk/
Adjective
cardiac (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the heart.
- the cardiac arteries
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the cardia.
- (medicine, archaic) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
Antonyms
- noncardiac
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
cardiac (plural cardiacs)
- A person with heart disease.
- (dated) Heart disease.
- (medicine) A medicine that excites action in the stomach.
Anagrams
- Accardi, Arcadic
Interlingua
Adjective
cardiac (not comparable)
- cardiac
Romanian
Etymology
From French cardiaque, from Latin cardiacus.
Adjective
cardiac m or n (feminine singular cardiac?, masculine plural cardiaci, feminine and neuter plural cardiace)
- cardiac
Declension
cardiac From the web:
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- what cardiac medicine causes rhinophyma
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- what cardiac output means
contractility
English
Noun
contractility (countable and uncountable, plural contractilities)
- The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles).
- The extent to which something contracts or shrinks.
- (physiology) The performance of cardiac muscle. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
Related terms
- contractile
contractility From the web:
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- contractility what does it mean
- what is contractility of the heart
- what increases contractility of the heart
- what is contractility in muscles
- what does contractility of the heart mean
- what is contractility in pharmacology
- what is contractility in cardiac output
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