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laevocardia

laevocardia noun: a condition where the heart is on the correct side of the body (the left), but the related structures are on the wrong side, due either to corrected transposition of the great vessels or to situs inversus.

Noun

laevocardia (plural laevocardias)

  1. A condition where the heart is on the correct side of the body (the left), but the related structures are on the wrong side, due either to corrected transposition of the great vessels or to situs inversus.
  2. The absence of dextrocardia; normal positioning of the heart.

Forms of laevocardia

plurallaevocardias
alternative formlevocardia

Questions about laevocardia

What does laevocardia mean?
Laevocardia means a condition where the heart is on the correct side of the body (the left), but the related structures are on the wrong side, due either to corrected transposition of the great vessels or to situs inversus.
What part of speech is laevocardia?
Laevocardia is a noun.
What is the plural of laevocardia?
The plural of laevocardia is laevocardias.

Words near laevocardia in the dictionary

  1. laevigating
  2. laevigatoside
  3. laeviuscoloside
  4. laevo
  5. laevo-
  6. laevocardia
  7. laevocardias
  8. laevocardiogram
  9. laevocardiograms
  10. laevocardiography
  11. laevocycloversion

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