intracardiac

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adjective

Inside the heart.

OriginEnglish cardiac ← Middle French cardiaque ← Latin cardiacus →
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Meanings

adjectiveintracardiac (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyInside the heart.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
  9. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
  10. Ancient Greekκᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā)
  11. Ancient Greekκᾰρδῐᾰκός (kărdĭăkós)
  12. Latincardiacus
  13. Middle Frenchcardiaque
  14. Englishcardiac
  15. Englishintracardiac

From intra- + cardiac.

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intracardiac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intracardiac

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Chicago

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