cardiac failure
31cardiac — car|di|ac [ˈka:di æk US ˈka:r ] adj [only before noun] medical [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: cardiacus, from Greek, from kardia; CARDIO ] relating to the heart ▪ cardiac surgery cardiac arrest/failure (=when the heart stops working) …
32cardiac tamponade — a dangerous situation in which there is a build up of fluid around the heart within the pericardial sac. This causes compression of the heart, which is therefore unable to fill with blood adequately in order to pump effectively. Cardiac tamponade …
33cardiac glycoside — Pharm. any of a group of drugs used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure, obtained from a number of plants, as the foxglove, squill, or yellow oleander. Also, cardiac glucoside. * * * …
34cardiac — adj. Cardiac is used with these nouns: ↑failure, ↑massage, ↑monitoring, ↑patient, ↑rehabilitation, ↑rhythm, ↑surgeon, ↑surgery …
35cardiac — adjective (only before noun) technical connected with the heart: cardiac arrest/failure (=when the heart stops working) …
36cardiac glycoside — /kadiæk ˈglaɪkəsaɪd/ (say kahdeeak gluykuhsuyd) noun one of a group of sugar containing drugs used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure, obtained from a number of plants, as the foxglove, squill, or yellow oleander. Also, cardiac… …
37cardiac glucoside — noun obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure • Syn: ↑cardiac glycoside • Hypernyms: ↑steroid • Hyponyms: ↑digitalis, ↑digitalis glycoside, ↑digitalin …
38cardiac asthma — noun : asthma due to heart disease (as heart failure) that occurs in paroxysms usually at night and is characterized by difficult wheezing respiration, pallor, and anxiety called also paroxysmal dyspnea * * * cardiac asthma, labored breathing due …
39cardiac cirrhosis — congestive cirrhosis occurring in association with congestive heart failure, often following central hemorrhagic necrosis; it is characterized by scarring about the central veins of the hepatic lobules …
40cardiac edema — a manifestation of congestive heart failure, caused by increased venous and capillary pressures and often associated with the retention of sodium by the kidneys …
