of or relating to the heart (与)心脏(有关)的 a cardiac arrest. 一次心脏停搏。
of or relating to the part of the stomach nearest the oesophagus (与)贲门(有关)的
noun
(Medicine, informal)a person with heart disease (医 非正式)心脏病患者
语源
late Middle English (as a noun denoting heart disease): from French cardiaque or Latin cardiacus, from Greek kardiakos, from kardia 'heart or upper opening of the stomach'. The adjective dates from the early 17th cent