different between myocardium vs cardiac

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??? (mûs, “muscle”) + ?????? (kardí?, “heart”).

Noun

myocardium (plural myocardiums or myocardia)

1. (anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.

Synonyms

• (muscular substance of the heart): cardiac muscle, heart muscle

Hypernyms

• (muscular substance of the heart): muscle

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• myocardium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• myocardium in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• cardiac muscle in Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /my.o?kar.di.um/, [my??kärd?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.o?kar.di.um/, [mi??k?rd?ium]

Noun

myocardium n (genitive myocardi? or myocard?); second declension

1. myocardium
2. muscular substance of the heart

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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