Acardiac

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking a heart. not-comparable

    "The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries."

Synonyms

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heartless

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"The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac; by surface analysis, a- + cardi- + -ac.

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