| cardialgia | 1. Obsolete term for pyrosis. Synonym: cardiodynia. Origin: cardi-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cardiataxia | Extreme irregularity in the action of the heart. Origin: cardi-+ G. Ataxia, disorder (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiatelia | Incomplete development of the heart. Origin: cardi-+ G. Ateles, incomplete (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiectasia | Dilation of the heart. Origin: cardi-+ G. Ektasis, a stretching (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiectomy | Excision of the cardiac part of the stomach. Origin: cardi- + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiectopia | Abnormal placement of the heart. See: ectopia cordis. Origin: cardi-+ G. Ektopos, out of place (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal | Chief or principal;in embryology, relating to the main venous drainage. Origin: L. Cardinalis, principal (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal ligament | <anatomy> A fibrous band attached to the uterine cervix and the vault of the lateral fornix of the vagina; continuous with the tissue ensheathing the pelvic vessels. Synonym: cervical ligament of uterus, ligamentum transversale colli, Mackenrodt's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal ocular movements | Eye rotations to the right and left, upward to the right and left, and downward to the right and left, to diagnose positions of gaze. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal points | The four point's in the pelvic inlet toward one of which the occiput of the baby is usually directed in case of head presentation: two sacroiliac articulations and the two iliopectineal eminences corresponding to the acetabula, six point's of a compound optical system: the anterior focal point, the posterior focal point, the two principal point's, and the two nodal point's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal veins | The major systemic venous channels in adult primitive vertebrates and in the embryos of higher vertebrates; the anterior cardinal veins are the major drainage channels from the cephalic part of the body, and the (05 Mar 2000) |
| carding | The procedure of placing individual sets of anterior or posterior teeth in trays lined with a wax strip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardio- | 1. The heart. 2. The cardia (ostium cardiacum). Origin: G. Kardia, heart (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |