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dextro cardias

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dex⋅tro⋅car⋅di⋅a

[dek-stroh-kahr-dee-uh]
–noun Pathology.
1. an abnormal condition in which the heart is displaced to the right side of the chest.
2. dextral displacement of the heart with complete transposition of the cardiac chambers, the right chambers being on the left side and the left chambers being on the right side.


Origin:
< NL; see dextro-, -cardia


dex⋅tro⋅car⋅di⋅al, adjective
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Main Entry: dex·tro·car·dia
Pronunciation: "dek-strO-'kär-dE-&
Function: noun
: an abnormal condition in which the heart issituated on the right side and the great blood vessels of the right and left sides are reversed —dex·tro·car·di·al /-dE-&l/ adjective
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dextrocardia dex·tro·car·di·a (děk'strō-kär'dē-ə)
n.
The displacement of the heart to the right, either as dextroposition of a normal heart, or as cardiac heterotaxia, in which the left and right chambers are transposed.

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