Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Cardiff A city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiffian Someone from Cardiff. cardiform Resembling a series of combs cardigan A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool. cardiganed Wearing a cardigan. cardiganless Without a cardigan. cardiganlike Similar to or resembling a cardigan. Cardiganshire A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire. cardiid Any cockle of the family Cardiidae. Cardillo A surname from Italian. Cardin A surname. cardinal Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal. cardinalate The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal. Cardinale A surname from Italian. cardinalfish Any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes. cardinalhood The status, condition, or jurisdiction of a cardinal. cardinalic Of or relating to a cardinal. cardinalid Any bird in the family Cardinalidae. cardinalin Any of a group of fungal pigments that are dimers of the ventiloquinones. cardinalist A partisan of cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin in 17th century France (as opposed to a royalist). cardinalitial Of, relating to, or characteristic of a cardinal. cardinality The number of elements a given set contains. cardinalization The process, or the result of cardinalizing. cardinalize to transform an ordinal measure (where distance between points doesn't matter, just the ordering) into a cardinal one (where distance matters). cardinally In a cardinal manner; fundamentally. cardinals The team St. Louis Cardinals. cardinalship The office (or term of office) of a cardinal carding A piece of wool rolled by a carding machine. Cardington A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0847). Cardinham A village and civil parish near Bodmin, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1268). Cardinia A local government area in Victoria, Australia; in full, the Shire of Cardinia. cardio Cardiovascular; pertaining to the health of the circulatory and respiratory systems. cardioacceleration An increase in the heartbeat rate. cardioaccelerator Any substance that quickens the heartbeat cardioacceleratory That accelerates the heartbeat cardioactive Affecting the heart cardioangiography Synonym of angiocardiography. cardioangiology Synonym of angiocardiology. cardioaortic Relating to the heart and the aorta cardioarterial Relating to the heart and the arteries cardioauditory Describing a number of syndromes characterised by heart problems and deafness cardioautonomic Relating to the heart and the autonomic nervous system cardioballistic Relating to ballistic forces of the beating heart cardiobeneficial beneficial to heart function cardioblast An embryonic cell, in some insects, that develops into the heart cardioblastic Relating to or composed of cardioblasts. cardiocarpon The nutlike fruit / seed of a cordaite cardiocentesis incision or puncture into the heart cardiocentric Exhibiting or relating to cardiocentrism. cardiocentrism The outmoded theory that the heart is the center of agency and consciousness. cardioception cardiac interoception cardioceptive Relating to cardioception cardioceratid Any ammonite in the family Cardioceratidae. cardiocerebral Relating to the heart and the brain cardiocerebrovascular cardiac and cerebrovascular cardiocirculatory Relating to cardiocirculation. cardioconversion cardioversion cardiocraniine Any rodent of the subfamily Cardiocraniinae cardiocutaneous Relating to the heart and the skin cardiocyte Any myocyte of the heart. cardiocytic Pertaining to cardiocytes. cardiocytological Relating to cardiocytology cardiocytology The cytology of heart tissue cardiocytoprotection The cytoprotection of cardiac tissue cardiocytoprotective Relating to, or offering, cardiocytoprotection. cardiocytotoxic Toxic to cardiocytes. cardiocytotoxicity The condition of being cardiocytotoxic cardiodeceleration A slowing down of the heartbeat cardiodegenerative That degenerates cardiovascular function cardiodepressant That depresses the functioning of the heart (and lowers blood pressure) cardiodepression A reduction in the heart rate. cardiodepressive Reducing the heart rate. cardiodiaphragmatic Relating to the heart and the diaphragm cardiodigestive Relating to the cardiac and digestive systems cardiodilator A machine for cardiodilation. cardiodynamic Relating to cardiodynamics cardiodynamics The (study of the) action of the heart cardiodynia pain in the heart cardioechographic Relating to cardioechography cardioechography cardiac echography cardioectomy The surgical removal of the heart cardioembolic Relating to, or caused by a cardioembolism cardioembolism An embolism of cardiac origin cardioencephalomyopathy Any disease that affects the heart, brain and spinal cord cardioesophageal Of or relating to the cardiac portion of the stomach, and the esophagus. cardioexcitation excitation of the heart cardioexcitatory Causing cardiac excitation. cardiofacial Exhibiting both facial and cardiac defects. cardiofaciocutaneous Relating to, or affecting the heart, face and skin (or hair). cardiofibroblast A cardiac fibroblast cardiofundal Of or pertaining to the cardia and/or fundus of the stomach; being cardial, fundal, or both. cardiogastric Relating to the heart and the stomach cardiogenesis The development of the embryonic heart cardiogenetic Relating to cardiogenesis or to cardiogenetics cardiogenetics cardiological genetics cardiogenic Originating in the heart. cardiogenicity The quality of being cardiogenic. cardiogenin Synonym of scillarenin. cardiogenol A drug, 4-(2-hydroxyethylamino)-2-(4-methoxyphenylamino)-pyrimidine, that induces cardiomyogenesis in embryonic stem cells cardiogenomics The use of genomics in the study of inherited heart disease cardiognosis Cardiognosticism. cardiognostic Pertaining to or exhibiting the power of cardiognosticism, having knowledge of a person's heart (thoughts, feelings). cardiognosticism Mystical knowledge of, or the ability to know, a person's heart (thoughts and feelings). cardiogram The visual output an electrocardiograph produces cardiograph Electrocardiograph. cardiographer Synonym of cardiographist. cardiographic Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph. cardiographist A medical practitioner whose speciality is cardiography cardiography The graphic recording of the movement, or other function of the heart as a means of diagnosis cardiohemic Relating to (the movement of) blood within the heart cardiohepatic Relating to the heart and the liver. cardiohypertrophy hypertrophy of the heart muscle cardioid An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation ρ=1+ cos ,θ - approximately heart-shaped cardioidal Synonym of cardioid. cardioimpedance cardiac impedance cardioinhibition A checking or arresting of the heart's action. cardioinhibitory restraining or limiting the heart's action. cardiokine Any of a group of cardiokinetic protein hormones secreted by the heart cardiokinetic That excites or stimulates the heart. cardiokymography The recording of the motion of the heart by using an electrokymograph; in today's terms, a forerunner of modern cineradiography. cardiolaminopathy cardiac laminopathy cardiolipase A lipase that acts on cardiolipin cardiolipin Any phospholipid having the structure of a bisphosphatidylglycerol present in the muscles of the heart cardiologic Synonym of cardiological. cardiological of or pertaining to cardiology cardiologically In terms of cardiology; with respect to the heart. cardiologist A physician who specializes in medical problems related to the heart. cardiology The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart. cardiolymphatic Relating to the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems cardiolysis The freeing the heart from its adhesions to the sternal periosteum, typically in adhesive mediastinopericarditis cardiomalacia A softening of the muscular walls of the heart cardiomediastinal Of the heart and the mediastinum. cardiomegaly megalocardia cardiometabolic Concerning both heart disease and metabolic disorders such as diabetes. cardiometabolically In a cardiometabolic manner cardiometabolism cardiometabolic disease cardiometametabolic Relating to cardiac activity and to metametabolism cardiometric Relating to cardiometry. cardiometry measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation cardiomicrovascular cardiac and microvascular cardiomodulatory That modulates the functioning of the heart cardiomorphogenesis morphogenesis of the heart cardiomotility motility (movement) of the heart cardiomotor Relating to the beating of the heart cardiomuscular Relating to, or affecting the muscles of the heart. cardiomyoblast A myoblast that develops into a cardiomyocyte cardiomyoblastic Relating to cardiomyoblasts cardiomyoblastoma A myoblastoma of the heart cardiomyocytal Relating to cardiomyocytes cardiomyocyte A cardiac muscle cell (or myocyte) in the heart.