cardiovascular

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂

Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā

Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor.

English cardio-

English vascular

English cardiovascular

From cardio- + vascular.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/, /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjələ(ɹ)/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑɹdi.oʊˈvæskjəlɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌkaːdi.əʉˈvæskjələ(ɹ)/

Adjective

cardiovascular (not comparable)

1. Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels.
   • 2015 December 4, “Patient Preferences for Biologicals in Psoriasis: Top Priority of Safety for Cardiovascular Patients”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI, archived from the original on 29 November 2020:

     As another interleukin 12/23 antagonist, briakinumab, was withdrawn from further development in part due to concerns about cardiovascular safety, discussion has also emerged on cardiovascular safety of ustekinumab.

   • 2022 September 14, Jacqueline Howard, “Study finds potential link between daily multivitamin and improved cognition in older adults”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 May 2023:

     Taking a daily multivitamin might be associated with improved brain function in older adults, a new study says, and the benefit appears to be greater for those with a history of cardiovascular disease.

Derived terms

• anticardiovascular
• cardiovascular disease
• cardiovascularly
• cardiovascular system
• cerebrocardiovascular
• neocardiovascular
• nephrocardiovascular
• neurocardiovascular
• noncardiovascular

Translations

relating to the circulatory system

• Arabic: جِهَاز اَلدَّوَرَان m (jihāz ad-dawarān), جِهَاز قَلْبِيّ وِعَائِيّ m (jihāz qalbiyy wiʕāʔiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: جهاز قلبي وعائي m (gehaaz qalbi wiʕaaʔi)

• Armenian: սիրտ-անոթային (hy) (sirt-anotʻayin)
• Azerbaijani: ürək-damar
• Catalan: cardiovascular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 心血管 (zh) (xīnxuèguǎn)

• Czech: kardiovaskulární (cs)
• Finnish: sydän- ja verisuoni-
• French: cardiovasculaire (fr)
• Galician: cardiovascular
• German: Herz-Kreislauf
• Greek: καρδιαγγειακός (el) (kardiangeiakós), καρδιοαγγειακός (el) (kardioangeiakós)
• Hindi: हृदयवाहिनी (hŕdayvāhinī)
• Hungarian: szív- és érrendszeri
• Indonesian: kardiovaskular (id)
• Irish: cardashoithíoch
• Italian: cardiovascolare (it)
• Japanese: 心臓血管 (しんぞうけっかん, shinzō kekkan)
• Kazakh: жүрек-қан тамырлары (jürek-qan tamyrlary)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dilelûle f, dilelûleyî f

• Malay: kardiovaskular
• Persian: قلب و عروق (qalb-o-'oruq)
• Polish: sercowo-naczyniowy
• Portuguese: cardiovascular (pt)
• Romanian: cardiovascular (ro)
• Russian: серде́чно-сосу́дистый (ru) (serdéčno-sosúdistyj)
• Spanish: cardiovascular (es)
• Swedish: kardiovaskulär (sv)
• Turkish: kardiyovasküler
• Ukrainian: серце́во-суди́нний (sercévo-sudýnnyj)

Catalan

Etymology

From cardio- +‎ vascular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌkar.di.u.βəs.kuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌkar.di.o.vəs.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌkaɾ.ði.o.vas.kuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

cardiovascular m or f (masculine and feminine plural cardiovasculars)

1. cardiovascular

Further reading

• “cardiovascular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cardiovascular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cardiovascular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

From cardio- +‎ vascular.

Adjective

cardiovascular m or f (plural cardiovasculares)

1. cardiovascular

Further reading

• “cardiovascular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From cardio- +‎ vascular.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkaʁ.d͡ʒi.o.vas.kuˈlaʁ/ [ˌkaɦ.d͡ʒɪ.o.vas.kuˈlah], (faster pronunciation) /ˌkaʁ.d͡ʒjo.vas.kuˈlaʁ/ [ˌkaɦ.d͡ʒjo.vas.kuˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkaʁ.d͡ʒi.o.vas.kuˈlaʁ/ [ˌkaɦ.d͡ʒɪ.o.vas.kuˈlah], (faster pronunciation) /ˌkaʁ.d͡ʒjo.vas.kuˈlaʁ/ [ˌkaɦ.d͡ʒjo.vas.kuˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾ.d͡ʒi.o.vas.kuˈlaɾ/ [ˌkaɾ.d͡ʒɪ.o.vas.kuˈlaɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌkaɾ.d͡ʒjo.vas.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌkaʁ.d͡ʒi.o.vaʃ.kuˈlaʁ/ [ˌkaʁ.d͡ʒɪ.o.vaʃ.kuˈlaχ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌkaʁ.d͡ʒjo.vaʃ.kuˈlaʁ/ [ˌkaʁ.d͡ʒjo.vaʃ.kuˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌkaɻ.d͡ʒi.o.vas.kuˈlaɻ/ [ˌkaɻ.d͡ʒɪ.o.vas.kuˈlaɻ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌkaɻ.d͡ʒjo.vas.kuˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾ.djɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ/ [ˌkaɾ.ðjɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾ.djɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ/ [ˌkaɾ.ðjɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾ.djɔ.bɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ/ [ˌkaɾ.ðjɔ.βɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾ.djɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈla.ɾi/ [ˌkaɾ.ðjɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈla.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: car‧di‧o‧vas‧cu‧lar

Adjective

cardiovascular m or f (plural cardiovasculares)

1. (anatomy) cardiovascular (relating to the circulatory system)

Further reading

• “cardiovascular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cardiovascular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cardio-vasculaire.

Adjective

cardiovascular m or n (feminine singular cardiovasculară, masculine plural cardiovasculari, feminine/neuter plural cardiovasculare)

1. cardiovascular

Declension

Declension of cardiovascular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cardiovascular		cardiovasculară	cardiovasculari	cardiovasculare
	definite	cardiovascularul		cardiovasculara	cardiovascularii	cardiovascularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cardiovascular		cardiovasculare	cardiovasculari	cardiovasculare
	definite	cardiovascularului		cardiovascularei	cardiovascularilor	cardiovascularelor

Spanish

Etymology

From cardio- +‎ vascular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾdjobaskuˈlaɾ/ [ˌkaɾ.ð̞jo.β̞as.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: car‧dio‧vas‧cu‧lar

Adjective

cardiovascular m or f (masculine and feminine plural cardiovasculares)

1. cardiovascular
   • 2020 June 10, Ryan Prior, “¿Ves a alguien colapsar cerca de ti? Un estudio dice que todavía es seguro realizar RCP durante la pandemia”, in CNN en Español‎^[3], archived from the original on 25 February 2021:

     “La posibilidad de supervivencia disminuye en un 10% por cada minuto sin RCP”, indicó la Dra. Comilla Sasson, vicepresidenta de ciencia e innovación en atención cardiovascular de emergencia de la American Heart Association, en marzo.

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Further reading

• “cardiovascular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025