Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In teratology, a congenital condition in which the heart is turned toward the right instead of the left side.
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- noun medicine A congenital abnormality in which the
heart istransposed to the right side of the chest
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- noun abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest
Etymologies
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Examples
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I once examined a child with dextrocardia, or heart on the right.
NYT > Global Home M.D. By PERRI KLASS 2011
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Last January, Ms. Peralta learned she had been living with dextrocardia, a heart condition, since birth.
NYT > Home Page By REBECCA WHITE 2012
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The chambers, valves and major vessels of the patient's heart were in the reverse position, in the condition called situs inversus solitaris with dextrocardia.
Analysis 2010
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A negative P wave in lead I may be due to incorrect recording of the electrocardiogram (that is, with transposition of the left and right arm electrodes), dextrocardia, or abnormal atrial rhythms.
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She held up the profiles and a bunch of punched cards and added, "Perfect mirror twins, even to dextrocardia.
Time For The Stars Heinlein, Robert A. 1956
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