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dextrocardias

dextrocardias is the plural of dextrocardia.

Meaning of dextrocardia

Noun

dextrocardia (countable and uncountable, plural dextrocardias)

  1. A congenital abnormality in which the heart is transposed to the right side of the chest.
    • The term "pure dextrocardia" is used here to signify those cases of dextrocardia in which the liver and spleen are normally placed.1917, James B. Holmes, “Recent Work in Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of Childhood”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 13, page 193

Questions about dextrocardias

What is dextrocardias the plural of?
Dextrocardias is the plural of dextrocardia.

Words near dextrocardias in the dictionary

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

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