Car"di*ac (?), a. [L. cardiacus, Gr. , fr. heart: cf. F. cardiaque.]
1. Anat.
Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.
2. Med.
Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
Cardiac passion Med. cardialgia; heartburn. [Archaic] -- Cardiac wheel. Mach. See Heart wheel.
© Webster 1913.
Car"di*ac n. Med.
A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
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