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cardiaco

cardiac

adjective kahr-DEE-ah-koh Less Common

Origin: from Greek kardiakós (of the heart)

Also means

heart-related

Usage Note

Cardiaco relates to the heart, as in arresto cardiaco (cardiac arrest); the masculine plural is cardiaci. Note the irregular feminine plural cardiache keeps the hard 'k' sound with the added 'h'.

Examples

"Soffre di problemi cardiaci."

Natural Translation

He suffers from heart problems.

Literal Translation

He-suffers of problems cardiac.

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