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cardiaco

cardiac

adjective kahr-DYAH-koh Rare

Also means

heart-related

Usage Note

Cardiaco (also spelled cardíaco with a written accent in some style guides) is a medical adjective — paro cardiaco ('cardiac arrest'), cirugía cardiaca ('heart surgery'). As a noun un cardiaco informally means 'a heart patient'. The variant spelling with the accent mark is accepted by the RAE; both forms are in use in print.

Examples

"Sufrió un paro cardiaco en el estadio."

Natural Translation

He suffered a cardiac arrest at the stadium.

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