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English
Etymology
From dextro- + -cardia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdɛkstɹəˈkɑː(ɹ)diə/
Noun
dextrocardia (countable and uncountable, plural dextrocardias)
- (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.
Translations
Spanish
Noun
dextrocardia f (plural dextrocardias)
- dextrocardia