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 cardiomyocytic Of or pertaining to cardiomyocytes cardiomyocytolysis The breakdown of cardiomyocytes cardiomyofibre A myofibre of heart muscle cardiomyofibroblast A cardiac myofibroblast cardiomyogenesis The process leading to the formation of myocardium cardiomyogenic relating to cardiomyogenesis cardiomyogenically In a cardiomyogenic manner cardiomyokine A cytokine in the muscle of the heart cardiomyoliposis fatty degeneration of the myocardium cardiomyonucleus The nucleus of a cardiomyocyte cardiomyopathic Of or pertaining to cardiomyopathy cardiomyopathy The deterioration of the myocardium. cardiomyoplasty A surgical procedure in which healthy muscle from another part of the body is wrapped around the heart. cardiomyosin Cardiac myosin. cardiomyositis Synonym of myocarditis. cardiomyotomy Heller myotomy cardiomyotrophy myotrophy of the heart cardiomyotube A tubular structure of cardiomyocytes cardionatrin Synonym of atriopeptin. cardionephric nephrocardiac cardioneuromyopathy Any disorder affecting the myocardium, nerves and the muscles. cardioneurosis Da Costa's syndrome cardioneurotic Relating to cardioneurosis. cardiooncology The study and treatment of cancers of the heart cardioparasympathetic cardiac and parasympathetic cardiopath A person who suffers from a cardiopathy cardiopathic Of or pertaining to cardiopathy cardiopathogenesis The origin and development of heart disease cardiopathogenic pathogenic to the heart cardiopathological Relating to cardiopathology. cardiopathologist One who studies heart disease. cardiopathology heart disease cardiopathy Any disease or disorder of the heart. cardioperfusion perfusion of the heart cardiopericardiopexy A technique for increasing the collateral circulation of the myocardium, in which sterile magnesium silicate was used to induce adhesions between the heart and the pericardium cardiopexy The fixing in place of the heart by means of a ligature cardiopharyngeal Relating to the heart and the pharynx (especially in early vertebrates). cardiophile A person who has cardiophilia. cardiophilia A paraphilia or fetish in which one is sexually aroused by, or extremely fond of, the heart or a heartbeat. cardiophobe A person who has cardiophobia. cardiophobia An inordinate fear of heart disease. cardiophobic Having or relating to cardiophobia. cardiophone A specialised stethoscope used to listen to the sounds of the heart cardiophonography The recording of the sounds of the heart. cardiophrenic Relating to the heart and the diaphragm cardiophylax A piece of body armour—originally a metal breastplate or pair of plates—worn in classical antiquity to protect the region of the heart. Typically circular or square discs, fastened by leather straps, used in Italy from the Villanovan and Etruscan periods (7th century BCE) and later by Roman Republican legionaries and gladiators such as provocatores. cardiophysiological Relating to cardiophysiology cardiophysiology The physiology of the heart and blood vessels cardiophysiopathological cardiophysiological and pathological cardioplasty Repair of the cardia of the stomach cardioplegia The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery cardioplegic Exhibiting or characterized by cardioplegia. cardioplegically In a cardioplegic manner cardiopneumatic Synonym of cardiorespiratory. cardiopoiesis The production of cardiac muscle tissue cardiopoietic Of or pertaining to cardiopoiesis cardioprecursor An embryonic stem cell that gives rise to cardiac tissue cardioprotect To provide cardioprotection cardioprotectant A cardioprotective. cardioprotected Protected by cardioprotection cardioprotection The prevention, delay or reduction of myocardial injury, especially that caused by ischemia cardioprotective That serves to protect the heart. cardioprotectively In a cardioprotective manner cardioprotector Any cardioprotective compound. cardioproteinopathy proteinopathy of the heart cardiopulmonary Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs. cardiopulmonectomy Surgical removal of the heart and lungs (postmortem) cardiopulmonologist One who studies cardiopulmonology. cardiopulmonology The study of cardiopulmonary disorders. cardiopuncture cardiocentesis cardiopyloric Relating to the cardia and pylorus of the stomach cardioradiological Relating to cardioradiology cardioradiologist A radiologist whose speciality is cardioradiology cardioradiology radiology of the heart cardioregenerative That regenerates heart damage cardioregulatory That regulates the heartbeat cardiorenal Of the heart and the kidney. cardiorenoprotective cardioprotective and renoprotective cardiorenovascular cardiac and renovascular cardiorespiratory Pertaining to the heart and breathing. cardiorespirographic Relating to cardiorespirography cardiorespirography The graphical recording and analysis of the action of the heart and lungs cardiorrhaphy suture to the wall of the heart cardiorrhexis Rupture of the heart wall. cardioscan A medical scan of the heart. cardiosclerosis induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle cardiosclerotic Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with cardiosclerosis. cardioscope An instrument used to inspect the interior of the living heart. cardioscopic Relating to the cardioscope or to cardioscopy. cardioscopy Measurement with the cardioscope. cardioselective Describing a drug that has a greater effect on cardiovascular tissue than on others cardioselectivity The state or degree of being cardioselective. cardiosiderosis The deposition of excess iron in the heart tissues cardiosiderotic Relating to cardiosiderosis cardioskeletal Relating to the heart and the skeleton. cardiosome An exosome present in cardiomyocytes cardiospasm achalasia of the cardia (part of the esophagus) cardiospecific Specific to a particular heart condition cardiospecificity The condition of being cardiospecific cardiosphere A cluster of endogenous cardiac stem cells that forms when they are cloned in suspension. cardiosphygmograph A combination of an electrocardiograph and sphygmograph. cardiosplenic Relating to the heart and the splene cardiosport sport that exercises the heart cardiostimulant That causes cardiostimulation cardiostimulation stimulation of the activity of the heart cardiostimulator A drug or an electrical device for stimulating the activity of the heart. cardiostimulatory That stimulates the action of the heart cardiosuppression The suppression of normal heart activity cardiosuppressive Relating to, or causing cardiosuppression cardiosurgeon A heart surgeon cardiosurgery heart surgery cardiosurgical Relating to heart surgery. cardiosympathetic cardiac and sympathetic cardiotachometer An instrument used to display and record the heart rate. cardioteratogen Any material that causes malformation of the heart cardioteratogenic That causes malformation of the heart cardiotherapeutic Relating to cardiotherapy. cardiotherapeutics Synonym of cardiotherapy. cardiotherapy The treatment of heart disease cardiothoracic Of or pertaining to both the heart and the chest cardiothoracics cardiothoracic medicine cardiotin A protein complex located in the mitochondria of cardiomyocytes and in skeletal muscle cardiotocogram The visual output that a cardiotocograph produces. cardiotocograph The recording instrument used in cardiotocography. cardiotocographic Relating to cardiotocography. cardiotocographically By means of cardiotocography. cardiotocography The recording of the fetal heartbeat and uterine contractions during pregnancy, typically in the third trimester cardiotomy The procedure of making an incision in the heart. cardiotonic That has a favourable (tonic) effect on the action of the heart. cardiotopography The topography of the heart. cardiotoxic Chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart. cardiotoxicant A cardiotoxic material cardiotoxicity The state or condition of being cardiotoxic. cardiotoxicological Relating to cardiotoxicology cardiotoxicology The toxicology of cardiotoxins cardiotoxicosis toxicosis of the heart cardiotoxin Any material that causes cardiotoxicity. cardiotrophin Any of a group of cytokines that are cardiac hypertrophic agonists cardiotropic That affects the heart cardiovagal Relating to the vagus nerve and blood pressure cardiovalvular Relating to the valves of the heart. cardiovascular Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels. cardiovascularly In a cardiovascular manner cardiovasculature The elements of the cardiovascular system cardiovasculitis cardiac vasculitis cardiovasculocerebral cardiovascular and cerebral cardiovasculogenesis The generation and development of a cardiovascular system cardiovasology A branch of medicine dealing with the study of the circulatory system. cardioventilatory Relating to the (statistical) relationship between the onset of either inspiration or expiration and the timing of heartbeats cardioventricle A ventricle of the heart