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cardiothoracic

cardiothoracic

7 4.4
Relating to the heart and chest in medicine
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɑrdioʊθəˈræsɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cardiotorácico
  • Her dream is to specialize in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery and help young patients.
  • cardiothoracic surgeon
  • cardiothoracic surgery

And then played in the NFL and her other brother, yeah, her other brother is a Harvard trained cardiothoracic surgeon.

Examples

  • After the accident, he was rushed to the hospital with a serious cardiothoracic injury.

  • After admission at a Cardiothoracic Centre, a transthoracic echocardiogram showed pericardial effusion and a small ventricular septal defect.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The patient was transferred immediately to a cardiothoracic center.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I'm a cardiothoracic surgeon and chief medical officer.

  • Citizen has sustained a cardiothoracic trauma.

  • And Mrs. Campbell, I'm Dr. Hope, the cardiothoracic transplant surgeon who will be treating your son.

  • For two weeks, we were in the hospital, largely in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit (CICU).

    Blog text (18)
  • In conclusion, the treatment of false aneurysms poses special challenges to the cardiothoracic surgeon.

    Academic text (2007)
  • She had also undergone two cardiothoracic surgical procedures and numerous blood transfusions.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The cardiothoracic surgeon explained the procedure to the patient in detail.

How Specialized

cardiothoracic
  • Specialized
7 4.4
cardiology
  • Specialized
20 3.8
internal medicine
  • Specialized
10 3.2
medicine
  • Specialized
873 2.8

Surface Forms

cardiothoracic positive

Morphology

cardiothoracic = thoracic (semi-transparent) = cardio + thorax + ic

The word is built by adding the medical combining form cardio- to thoracic, so the heart-and-chest meaning is clear but still specialized.

Etymology

Cardiothoracic comes from Greek roots cardio- 'heart' and thorax 'chest'. So a cardiothoracic surgeon works on the heart and the chest.