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cardioprotective

cardioprotective adjective: that serves to protect the heart.

Adjective

cardioprotective (comparative more cardioprotective, superlative most cardioprotective)

  1. That serves to protect the heart.
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Noun

cardioprotective (plural cardioprotectives)

  1. A remedy that serves to protect the heart.

Forms of cardioprotective

Adjective
comparativemore cardioprotective
superlativemost cardioprotective
Noun
pluralcardioprotectives

Origin of cardioprotective

From cardio- + protective.

Words formed from cardioprotective

Questions about cardioprotective

What does cardioprotective mean?
Cardioprotective means that serves to protect the heart.
What part of speech is cardioprotective?
Cardioprotective can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cardioprotective in the dictionary

  1. cardioprotect
  2. cardioprotectant
  3. cardioprotectants
  4. cardioprotected
  5. cardioprotection
  6. cardioprotective
  7. cardioprotectively
  8. cardioprotectives
  9. cardioprotector
  10. cardioprotectors
  11. cardioproteinopathy

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