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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac; by surface analysis, a- + cardi- + -ac.
Adjective
acardiac (not comparable)
- (medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
- Synonym: heartless
1831, Marshall Hall, A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood, page 76:The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries.
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