| cardio- | 1. The heart. 2. The cardia (ostium cardiacum). Origin: G. Kardia, heart (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cardio-omentopexy | Operation for the attachment of omentum to the heart with the object of improving its blood supply. Origin: cardio-+ omentum, + G. Pexis, fixation (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioaccelerator | Accelerator of the heart beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioactive | Influencing the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioangiography | Radiography of the heart and great vessels after injection of a contrast medium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardioaortic | Relating to the heart and the aorta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioarterial | Relating to the heart and the arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioarterial interval | The time between the apex beat of the heart and the radial pulse beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cardiobacterium | A genus of nonmotile, pleomorphic, gram negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria found in the nasal flora and associated with endocarditis in humans. The type species is cardiobacterium hominis. Cardiobacterium hominis, a species that causes endocarditis in humans. The type species of Cardiobacterium. See: HACEK group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiocele | A herniation or protrusion of the heart through an opening in the diaphragm, or through a wound. Origin: cardio-+ G. Kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiochalasia | Achalasia of the cardia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiodiaphragmatic angle | The angle between the heart and the diaphragm at either lateral end of the cardiac projection on imaging (usually the chest X-ray film). The right cardiophrenic angle is normally indistinguishable from the cardiohepatic angle radiographically. Synonym: cardiodiaphragmatic angle, phrenopericardial angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiodiosis | Rarely used term for manoeuvre to dilate the gastric cardia. Origin: cardio-+ G. Diosis, a spreading open (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiodynamics | The mechanics of the heart's action, including its movement and the forces generated thereby. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiodynia | Pain in the heart. Synonym: cardialgia. Origin: cardio-+ G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| velo-cardio-facial syndrome | <syndrome> Also known as shprintzen syndrome, this more than is a congenital malformation (birth defect) syndrome with cleft palate, heart defect, abnormal face, and learning problems. The condition is therefore called the velo-cardio-facial (vcf) syndrome. (the velum is the soft palate). Other less frequent features include short stature, small-than-normal head (microcephaly), mental retardation, minor ear anomalies, slender hands and digits, and inguinal hernia. The cause is usually a microdeletion in chromosome band 22q11.2, just as in digeorge syndrome. Vcf and digeorge syndromes are different clinical expressions of essentially the same chromosome defect. Of essentially the same chromosome defect. (12 Dec 1998) |
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