dextrocardia

[ dek-stroh-kahr-dee-uh ]
/ ˌdɛk stroʊˈkɑr di ə /

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.
Also dexiocardia.

Origin of dextrocardia

From New Latin; see origin at dextro-, -cardia

OTHER WORDS FROM dextrocardia

dex·tro·car·di·al, adjective

Words nearby dextrocardia

dextrinosis, dextrinuria, dextro, dextro-, dextroamphetamine, dextrocardia, dextrocerebral, dextroclination, dextrocular, dextrogastria, dextroglucose

British Dictionary definitions for dextrocardia

dextrocardia
/ (ˌdɛkstrəʊˈkɑːdɪə) /

noun

med the abnormal location of the heart in the right side of the chest

Medical definitions for dextrocardia

dextrocardia
[ dĕk′strō-kär′dē-ə ]

n.

The displacement of the heart to the right, either as dextroposition of a normal heart, or as cardiac heterotaxia, in which the left and right chambers are transposed.