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dextrocardia
[ dek-stroh-kahr-dee-uh ]
noun
Pathology.
- an abnormal condition in which the heart is displaced to the right side of the chest.
- dextral displacement of the heart with complete transposition of the cardiac chambers, the right chambers being on the left side and the left chambers being on the right side.
dextrocardia
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noun
- med the abnormal location of the heart in the right side of the chest
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dextrocardia1
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The titular character in Ian Fleming’s 1958 James Bond novel Dr No is saved from a bullet because of his dextrocardia.
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Last January, Ms. Peralta learned she had been living with dextrocardia, a heart condition, since birth.
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In fact it goes beyond mere dextrocardia, which would mean only the heart is transposed; instead, all our organs are placed in mirror image to the norm.
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