different between cardiac vs pyroxene

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)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the heart.

   the cardiac arteries

2. (anatomy) Pertaining to the cardia.
3. (medicine, archaic) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.

Antonyms

• noncardiac

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Translations

Noun

cardiac (plural cardiacs)

1. A person with heart disease.
2. (dated) Heart disease.
3. (medicine) A medicine that excites action in the stomach.

Anagrams

• Accardi, Arcadic

Interlingua

Adjective

cardiac (not comparable)

1. 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)

1. cardiac

Declension

English

Etymology

From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ????? (xénos, “stranger”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pa????ksi?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pa????ksin/

Noun

pyroxene (plural pyroxenes)

1. (mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 10:

     By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.

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