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acardiac

acardiac adjective: lacking a heart.

Adjective

acardiac (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a heart.
    • The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries.1831, Marshall Hall, A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood, page 76
    Synonyms:
    heartless

acardiac meaning in Tamil and Kannada

acardiac in Tamil

நெஞ்சுப்பை அற்ற

acardiac in Kannada

ರಕ್ತಕೊಶವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಹೃದಯಾನ್ಗವಿಲ್ಲದ

Synonyms of acardiac

Origin of acardiac

From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac; by surface analysis, a- + cardi- + -ac.

Words formed from acardiac

  • acardiac twin
  • acardiac twinning

Questions about acardiac

What does acardiac mean?
Acardiac means lacking a heart.
What is acardiac in Tamil?
Acardiac in Tamil is நெஞ்சுப்பை அற்ற. See Acardiac meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acardiac?
Acardiac is an adjective.

Words near acardiac in the dictionary

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

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