Cardiology

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  • noun. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the heart.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In anatomy and physiology, a discourse or treatise on the heart; a scientific statement of the facts relating to the heart.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.
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  • noun. the branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases
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    "I cannot say about other spheres, but in cardiology, which is my province, this atmosphere contributed to accelerated study of such acute problems as atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, sudden death and arrhythmia and facilitated introduction of new methods of diagnosis and therapy."
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