different between coronary vs cardiac

English

Etymology

From Latin cor?n?rius, from cor?na (“crown”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???n??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???n(?)?i/

Adjective

coronary (comparative more coronary, superlative most coronary)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a crown or garland.
   • 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed

     The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.

   • 1684', Thomas Browne, Of Garlands and Coronary Plants

     The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.

2. (anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

coronary (plural coronaries)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Any of the coronary vessels; a coronary artery or coronary vein.
2. (medicine) Ellipsis of coronary thrombosis.

   Synonym: heart attack
3. A small bone in the foot of a horse.

Translations

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

Derived terms

Related terms

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