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cardiopexy

cardiopexy noun: the fixing in place of the heart by means of a ligature.

Noun

cardiopexy (countable and uncountable, plural cardiopexies)

  1. The fixing in place of the heart by means of a ligature
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Forms of cardiopexy

pluralcardiopexies

Origin of cardiopexy

From cardio- + -pexy.

Questions about cardiopexy

What does cardiopexy mean?
Cardiopexy means the fixing in place of the heart by means of a ligature.
What part of speech is cardiopexy?
Cardiopexy is a noun.
What is the plural of cardiopexy?
The plural of cardiopexy is cardiopexies.

Words near cardiopexy in the dictionary

  1. cardiopaths
  2. cardiopathy
  3. cardioperfusion
  4. cardiopericardiopexy
  5. cardiopexies
  6. cardiopexy
  7. cardiopharyngeal
  8. cardiophile
  9. cardiophilia
  10. cardiophobe
  11. cardiophobes

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