dextrocardia

Etymology

From dextro- +‎ -cardia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛkstɹəˈkɑː(ɹ)diə/

Noun

dextrocardia (countable and uncountable, plural dextrocardias)

1. (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.

Noun

dextrocardia f (plural dextrocardias)

1. dextrocardia