how to pronounce cardiac

/ˈkɑː.di.æk/

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cardiac is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of cardiac in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… was working as a cardiac surgeon in …”

meanings of cardiac

adjective:

Pertaining to the cardia.
Pertaining to the heart.
Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.

noun:

A medicine that excites action in the stomach.
A person with heart disease.
Heart disease.

cardiac frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word cardiac occurs in english on average 4.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.