- cardioptosia
- f.cardioptosis.
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.
cardioptosia
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cardioptosia — A condition in which the heart is unduly movable and displaced downward, as distinguished from bathycardia. SEE ALSO: cor mobile, cor pendulum. SYN: drop heart. [cardio + G. ptosis, a falling] * * * car·di·op·to·sia (kahr″de op toґse… … Medical dictionary
bathycardia — A condition in which the heart occupies a lower position than normal but is fixed there, as distinguished from cardioptosia. [G. bathys, deep, + kardia, heart] * * * bathy·car·dia (bath″ĭ kahrґde ə) [bathy + Gr. kardia heart] a… … Medical dictionary
heart — A hollow muscular organ that receives the blood from the veins and propels it into the arteries. In mammals it is divided by a musculomembranous septum into two halves right or venous and left or arterial each of which consists of a receiving… … Medical dictionary
