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cardioplegia

cardioplegia noun: the deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery.

Noun

cardioplegia (usually uncountable, plural cardioplegias)

  1. (usually) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery

cardioplegia meaning in Tamil

cardioplegia in Tamil

இதயச் சுருக்கம் நிறுத்தல்

Forms of cardioplegia

pluralcardioplegias

Origin of cardioplegia

From cardio- + -plegia.

Words formed from cardioplegia

Questions about cardioplegia

What does cardioplegia mean?
Cardioplegia means the deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery.
What is cardioplegia in Tamil?
Cardioplegia in Tamil is இதயச் சுருக்கம் நிறுத்தல். See Cardioplegia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cardioplegia?
Cardioplegia is a noun.
What is the plural of cardioplegia?
The plural of cardioplegia is cardioplegias.

Words near cardioplegia in the dictionary

  1. cardiophysiological
  2. cardiophysiology
  3. cardiophysiopathological
  4. cardioplasties
  5. cardioplasty
  6. cardioplegia
  7. cardioplegias
  8. cardioplegic
  9. cardioplegically
  10. cardiopneumatic
  11. cardiopoiesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cardioplegia (page history and authors); cardioplegia (Tamil 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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