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acardia

acardia noun: a birth defect in which the heart is absent.

Noun

acardia (uncountable)

  1. A birth defect in which the heart is absent

acardia meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

acardia in Tamil

இதயமற்ற உடல், இதயம் இன்மை

acardia in Kannada

ಗುಂಡಿಗಿಲಿ

acardia in Indonesian

birth defect in which the heart is absent
akardia

Origin of acardia

Borrowed from Late Latin acardia, formed on Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “-less”) + κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā, “heart”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming abstract nouns). Equivalent to a- + -cardia.

Words formed from acardia

Questions about acardia

What does acardia mean?
Acardia means a birth defect in which the heart is absent.
What is acardia in Tamil?
Acardia in Tamil is இதயமற்ற உடல், இதயம் இன்மை. See Acardia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acardia?
Acardia is a noun.

Words near acardia in the dictionary

  1. acaralogical
  2. acaralogy
  3. acaras
  4. acarbia
  5. acarbose
  6. acardia
  7. acardiac
  8. acardiaci
  9. acardiacus
  10. acardiacus acephalus
  11. acardiacus amorphus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acardia (page history and authors); acardia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acardia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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