acardiac
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac.
Adjective
acardiac (not comparable)
- (medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
- 1831, Marshall Hall, A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood, page 76:
- The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries.
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Derived terms
- acardiac twin
- acardiac twinning
Translations
lacking a heart
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