cardiology
noun
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The Heart of Cardiology
The root card- (closely related to cord) shows up in many heart-related words. Cardiologists frequently find themselves studying cardiograms, the charts of heart activity, made by machines called cardiographs. Heart attacks, and deaths caused by them, have both declined as a result of better medical emergency procedures, cholesterol-lowering drugs, and a decline in smoking. But the factors likely to actually improve heart health, such as better diets and more cardiovascular exercise (exercise, such as running, that improves the heart and blood vessels), haven't made any progress at all. So we should all be prepared to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (an emergency procedure done on someone whose heart has stopped, to get the heart and lungs working again).
Examples of cardiology in a Sentence
Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
That encourages people to be calmer, says Jennifer Wong, MD, cardiologist and medical director of noninvasive cardiology at MemorialCare Heart and Vascular Institute at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Yong is associate professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and director of interventional cardiology at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
—Celina Yong, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
The couple came to La Jolla in 1970, soon after UC San Diego Health opened its cardiology hospital.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Cardiology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cardiology. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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