CARDIOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cardiology" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Derivation:

cardiologic (of or relating to or used in or practicing cardiology)

cardiologist (a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart)

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