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dextrocardiac

dextrocardiac noun: one who has the heart on the right-hand side of the body.

Noun

dextrocardiac (plural dextrocardiacs)

  1. One who has the heart on the right-hand side of the body.
    • A dextrocardiac, said the smiling doctor. Your heart's in the right place.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 13

Forms of dextrocardiac

pluraldextrocardiacs

Origin of dextrocardiac

See dextrocardia.

Questions about dextrocardiac

What does dextrocardiac mean?
Dextrocardiac means one who has the heart on the right-hand side of the body.
What part of speech is dextrocardiac?
Dextrocardiac is a noun.
What is the plural of dextrocardiac?
The plural of dextrocardiac is dextrocardiacs.

Words near dextrocardiac in the dictionary

  1. dextro-
  2. dextroamfetamine
  3. dextroamphetamine
  4. dextroamphetamines
  5. dextrocardia
  6. dextrocardiac
  7. dextrocardiacs
  8. dextrocardias
  9. dextrocardiogram
  10. dextrocardiograms
  11. dextrochere

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