Acardia
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A birth defect in which the heart is absent uncountable
- 2 congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters) wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin acardia, formed on Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “-less”) + κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā, “heart”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming abstract nouns). Equivalent to a- + -cardia.
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