*cardia*

a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; heart, or upper orifice of the stomach. ] (Anat.) (a) The heart. (b) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cardiacus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; heart: cf. F. cardiaque. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cardiac passion (Med.) cardialgia; heartburn. [ Archaic ] --
Cardiac wheel. (Mach.) See Heart wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pain about the heart. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cardiograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. cardialgia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; heart + &unr_; pain: cf. F. cardialgie. ] (Med.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; double + E. cardiac. ] (Anat.) Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Pertaining to the endocardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or relating to the epicardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Exo- + Gr. kardi`a heart. ] (Anat.) Situated or arising outside of the heart; as, exocardial murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Hemi-, and Cardia. ] (Anat.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. lepto`s small + kardi`a the heart. ] (Zool.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus. [ Written also Leptocardii. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Leptocardia. -- n. One of the Leptocardia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; heart. ] (Zool.) Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. -- n. An animal having a single heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to the myocardium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pericardial fluid (Physiol.), a serous fluid of a pale yellow color contained in the pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pericardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the endocardium. [ 1913 Webster ]