Relating to or characterized by heart disease or cardiac pathology.
From Greek 'kardia' (heart) + 'pathos' (disease, suffering) + '-ic' (adjective suffix). This adjective form developed alongside 'cardiopathy' to describe disease states.
Notice how 'pathic' (relating to suffering) appears in words like 'empathic' and 'telepathic'—it's everywhere in English, showing us that our word for 'suffering' comes directly from ancient Greek ideas about emotion and pain.
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