"acardiac" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἀκάρδιος||without a heart}} Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”), {{suffix|en||ac}} + -ac, {{m|en|cardiac}} cardiac Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} acardiac (not comparable)
  1. (medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy, Medicine Derived forms: acardiac twin, acardiac twinning Translations (lacking a heart): acardíaco (Portuguese)

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