Relating to or affected by disease of the heart; suffering from heart disease.
From Greek 'kardia' (heart) + Latin 'nosus' (diseased). This Latinate formation is an older medical term for describing pathological cardiac conditions.
This word represents the older, more ornate style of medical terminology from centuries ago—modern doctors would just say 'cardiac disease' instead, showing how medical language has become simpler over time.
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