dextrocardia

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English

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Etymology

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From dextro- +‎ -cardia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌdɛkstɹəˈkɑː(ɹ)diə/

Noun

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dextrocardia (countable and uncountable, plural dextrocardias)

  1. (medicine) A congenital abnormality in which the heart is transposed to the right side of the chest
    • 1917, James B. Holmes, “Recent Work in Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of Childhood”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 13, page 193:
      The term "pure dextrocardia" is used here to signify those cases of dextrocardia in which the liver and spleen are normally placed.

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Noun

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dextrocardia f (plural dextrocardias)

  1. dextrocardia