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adverbheartward (not comparable)
- not comparableToward the heart.
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Windows and doors were opened, the patient's mouth and throat cleaned from a very tenacious mucus, […] and peripheral circulation promoted by rubbing of the extremities heartward, the occasional use of ice-water and clapping of the skin. The function of the heart was sustained by these means nearly an hour.
1860, American Journal of Dental Science, volume 10, page 556
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APA
heartward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartward
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“heartward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartward. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heartward,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartward.
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