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noncardiac

adjective
non·​car·​di·​ac | \ˌnän-ˈkär-dē-ˌak \

Definition of noncardiac 

: not cardiac: such as

a(1) : not affected with heart disease noncardiac patients

(2) : not relating to the heart or heart disease noncardiac chest pain noncardiac deaths

b : not relating to the cardia of the stomach noncardiac gastric cancer

First Known Use of noncardiac

1889, in the meaning defined above

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noncardiac

adjective
non·​car·​di·​ac | \-ˈkärd-ē-ˌak \

Medical Definition of noncardiac 

: not cardiac: as

a : not affected with heart disease noncardiac geriatric patients

b : not relating to the heart or heart disease noncardiac disorders

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