| Cardiac 1. (a.) Pertaining the heart as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach. 2. (a.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant. 3. (n.) A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial. Thesaurus Entries abdominal, anal, appendical, cecal, colic, colonic, coronary, duodenal, enteric, gastric, ileac, intestinal, jejunal, mesogastric, pyloric, rectal, splanchnic, visceral |