adj
(medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
n
(surgery) A vein from a donor
adj
(dated) Relating to angina; anginous.
n
(medicine) contraction of the aorta
n
(medicine, colloquial) Aortic regurgitation.
adj
That starts in the aorta.
adj
(physiology, obsolete) Undergoing contraction due to stimulation by arterial blood.
n
(medicine) The condition of having two hearts.
n
A person with heart disease.
n
(medicine) A rigid board on which a patient is laid to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
n
(medicine, archaic) heartburn
n
(medicine) The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.
n
(cardiology) The prevention, delay or reduction of myocardial injury, especially that caused by ischemia
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs.
n
(medicine) Rupture of the heart wall.
adj
(pathology, of an infection) virulent in the heart
n
(strictly) The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with the cells and tissues of the body; (loosely) the circulatory system.
n
(physiology) The parts of an animal body comprising the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood, which circulate the blood around the body.
n
(medicine) A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
n
(medicine) Removal of the arterial supply, often through the method of surgical ligation of an artery.
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(medicine) A congenital cardiac malformation in which the heart is facing to the right instead of the left
n
(medicine) A congenital abnormality in which the heart is transposed to the right side of the chest
n
(surgery) puncture of the brain or of the meninges
n
(medicine) A twin fetus with a rudimentarily formed heart which effects only a part of its circulation, with the remaining being assisted by the other twin.
n
(medicine, colloquial) Mitral regurgitation.
adj
(medicine) Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.
n
(medicine, informal) Pericardiocentesis.
n
The surgical removal of all or part of the pericardium.
adj
(medicine) Cardiopulmonary.
adj
of, or having to do with heartburn.
n
(obsolete) Da Costa's syndrome, a disorder of the heart related to combat.
n
(medicine) Ellipsis of persistent truncus arteriosus. [(medicine) A congenital cardiac defect characterised by the failure of division of the embryological structure of truncus arteriosus.]
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