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Cardiac Output

Definition: Cardiac Output

Cardiac Output

Noun

1. The amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time; "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definitions: Cardiac Output

DomainDefinitions

Health

The volume of blood passing through the heart per unit of time. It is usually expressed as liters (volume) per minute so as not to be confused with stroke volume (volume per beat). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Cardiac Output

English words defined with "cardiac output": arterial pressureshock. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cardiac output": BaroreflexCardiac Output, High, Cardiac Output, Low, Cardiotonic AgentsEvans BlueHeart Catheterization, HexobendineIndocyanine Greenmodulating pacemakerradiographer, cardiac catheterization, rate-adaptive, rate-modulated, rate-modulating, rate-responsive, responsive pacemakersensor-driven, Shock, Cardiogenic, SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGIST, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, special vascular imaging technologis, Stroke VolumeValsalva's Maneuver. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cardiac Output

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The most desirable response is a decrease in pressure and an increase in cardiac output. (references)

In contrast to septic shock, HPS patients have a low cardiac output with a raised systemic vascular resistance. (references)

Other drugs, such as digitalis, improve cardiac output, and drugs which increase blood pressure in shock can improve blood flow to the tissues. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cardiac Output

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cardiac output

38

cardiac output measurement

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Cardiac Output

Language Translations for "cardiac output"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

hjertets ydelse (heart output), hjertets minutvolumen. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

cardiac output (circulation rate, flow rate, heart output), minutenvolume (circulation rate, flow rate), hartvermogen (heart output), hartslagvolume (heart output), hartprestatie (circulation rate, flow rate, heart output), hartminuutvolume. (various references)

   

French

  

volume-minute du coeur, rendement du coeur, débit cardiaque. (various references)

   

German

  

cardiac output, Herzminutenvolumen (minute output), Herzleistung (heart output), Herzauswurfvolumen (minute output). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καρδιακός όγκος παλμού, κατά λεπτό όγκος του αίματος (heart output). (various references)

   

Italian

  

volume/minuto cardiaco, volume/minuto (cardiac output/second, minute output), rendimento del cuore (heart output), portata circolatoria (cardiac output/second, minute output), gittata cardiaca (cardiac output/second, minute output), efficienza cardiaca (cardiac output index, heart output). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ardiaccay outputay

   

Portuguese

  

rendimento do coração (heart output), eficiência cardíaca (heart output). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

volumen minuto del corazón, rendimiento cardíaco (heart output). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Cardiac Output

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-i-o-p-r-t-t-u-u"

-3 letters: autocratic.

-4 letters: capacitor, catoptric.

-5 letters: actuator, apractic, autacoid, autocrat, dictator, protatic.

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Alternative Orthography: Cardiac Output


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 72 64 69 61 63      4F 75 74 70 75 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01110010 01100100 01101001 01100001 01100011 00100000 01001111 01110101 01110100 01110000 01110101 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#114 &#100 &#105 &#97 &#99 &#32 &#79 &#117 &#116 &#112 &#117 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0072 0064 0069 0061 0063      004F 0075 0074 0070 0075 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

376784707567692498786828786

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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