acardiac

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adjective

Lacking a heart.

Similar
heartless
OriginAncient Greek ἀκάρδιος →
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Meanings

adjectiveacardiac (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyLacking a heart.

    The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries.

    1831, Marshall Hall, A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood, page 76

    Synonyms: heartless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLacking a heart.

Similar
heartless
Also see
heartless

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀκάρδιος“without a heart”
  2. Englishacardiac

From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac; by surface analysis, a- + cardi- + -ac.

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Translations

Portuguese acardíaco
  • acardíacolacking a heart
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APA

acardiac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acardiac

MLA

“acardiac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acardiac. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acardiac,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acardiac.

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