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Updated June 2026
Relating to or affecting the heart. It is commonly used in medical contexts to describe heart-related conditions or procedures.
“The patient was rushed to hospital suffering from cardiac arrest.”
/ˈkɑːdɪæk/
car·di·ac
Contains two instances of the letter A and two of C; note the -IAC ending
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