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cardiophylaxes

cardiophylaxes is the plural of cardiophylax.

Meaning of cardiophylax

Noun

cardiophylax (plural cardiophylaxes)

  1. A piece of body armour—originally a metal breastplate or pair of plates—worn in classical antiquity to protect the region of the heart. Typically circular or square discs, fastened by leather straps, used in Italy from the Villanovan and Etruscan periods (7th century BCE) and later by Roman Republican legionaries and gladiators such as provocatores.
    • Near-synonym: pectorale
    Synonyms:
    pectorale

Questions about cardiophylaxes

What is cardiophylaxes the plural of?
Cardiophylaxes is the plural of cardiophylax.

Words near cardiophylaxes in the dictionary

  1. cardiophone
  2. cardiophones
  3. cardiophonography
  4. cardiophrenic
  5. cardiophylax
  6. cardiophylaxes
  7. cardiophysiological
  8. cardiophysiology
  9. cardiophysiopathological
  10. cardioplasties
  11. cardioplasty

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