Acting against or opposing the function or health of the heart; contrary to cardiac function.
From anti- (against) + cardiac (relating to the heart, from Greek kardia). The term combines the prefix anti- with cardiac, meaning opposed to heart function or cardiac processes.
This medical term represents how doctors in the 19th century tried to name substances or conditions that harmed heart function—it shows how medical language builds by adding prefixes to existing anatomical terms to describe their opposites.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.