Cardiologist


the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease.
Contemporary Examples

Even her 46-year marriage to Dr. Leonard Gordon, a cardiologist, turned out to be a sham.
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Natterson-Horowitz is a cardiologist at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
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His two older sisters are accomplished – a cardiologist and a Ph.D. zoologist.
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She is going home to be with her 13-year-old son, Robert Cole, and cardiologist husband, Robert.
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noun
the branch of medical science concerned with the heart and its diseases
n.

1847, from cardio- + -logy. Cardiologist attested from 1885.

cardiology car·di·ol·o·gy (kär’dē-ŏl’ə-jē)
n.
The medical study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.
cardiology
(kär’dē-ŏl’ə-jē)
The branch of medicine that deals with diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the heart.
cardiology [(kahr-dee-ol-uh-jee)]

The branch of medicine devoted to the study and care of the heart and circulatory system.

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  • Cardiomalacia

    cardiomalacia cardiomalacia car·di·o·ma·la·ci·a (kär’dē-ō-mə-lā’shē-ə, -shə) n. Pathological softening of the walls of the heart.

  • Cardiomegalia

    abnormal enlargement of the heart. noun (pathol) another name for megalocardia cardiomegaly car·di·o·meg·a·ly (kär’dē-ō-měg’ə-lē) n. Enlargement of the heart. Also called macrocardia, megalocardia.

  • Cardiomegaly

    abnormal enlargement of the heart. noun (pathol) another name for megalocardia cardiomegaly car·di·o·meg·a·ly (kär’dē-ō-měg’ə-lē) n. Enlargement of the heart. Also called macrocardia, megalocardia.

  • Cardiomotility

    cardiomotility cardiomotility car·di·o·mo·til·i·ty (kär’dē-ō-mō-tĭl’ĭ-tē) n. The movements of the heart.


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