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cardioselective

cardioselective adjective: describing a drug that has a greater effect on cardiovascular tissue than on others.

Adjective

cardioselective (comparative more cardioselective, superlative most cardioselective)

  1. Describing a drug that has a greater effect on cardiovascular tissue than on others

Forms of cardioselective

comparativemore cardioselective
superlativemost cardioselective

Origin of cardioselective

From cardio- + selective.

Questions about cardioselective

What does cardioselective mean?
Cardioselective means describing a drug that has a greater effect on cardiovascular tissue than on others.
What part of speech is cardioselective?
Cardioselective is an adjective.

Words near cardioselective in the dictionary

  1. cardiosclerotic
  2. cardioscope
  3. cardioscopes
  4. cardioscopic
  5. cardioscopy
  6. cardioselective
  7. cardioselectivities
  8. cardioselectivity
  9. cardiosiderosis
  10. cardiosiderotic
  11. cardioskeletal

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