acardia /acar·dia/ (a-kahr´de-ah) congenital absence of the heart.
acardia
anomaly [ah-nom´ah-le]
acardia (ā·kärˑ·dē·
),
a·car·di·a ( -kär d - )n. Congenital absence of the heart, sometimes occurring in the smaller parasitic member of conjoined twins when its partner monopolizes the placental blood supply. |
acardia
[akär′dē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, a + kardia, without heart
a rare congenital anomaly in which the heart is absent. It is sometimes seen in a conjoined twin whose survival depends on the circulatory system of its twin. acardiac, adj.
anomaly [ah-nom´ah-le]
marked deviation from normal. adj., adj anom´alous.
Axenfeld's anomaly a developmental anomaly characterized by a circular opacity of the posterior peripheral cornea, and caused by an irregularly thickened, axially displaced Schwalbe's ring.
congenital anomaly (developmental anomaly) absence, deformity, or excess of body parts as the result of faulty development of the embryo.
Ebstein's anomaly see ebstein's anomaly.
May-Hegglin anomaly a rare dominantly inherited disorder of blood cell morphology, characterized by RNA-containing cytoplasmic inclusions (similar to Döhle bodies) in granulocytes, by large, poorly granulated platelets, and by thrombocytopenia.
acardia (ā·kärˑ·dē·
),n an extremely rare condition in which an individual is born without a heart. Occurs occasionally in conjoined twins; the circulatory system of one twin supports the survival of the other.
acardia
a developmental anomaly with absence of the heart.
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