noncardiac

adjective

non·​car·​di·​ac ˌnän-ˈkär-dē-ˌak 

: not cardiac: such as

a(1)

: not affected with heart disease

noncardiac patients

(2)

: not relating to the heart or heart disease

noncardiac chest pain

noncardiac deaths

b

: not relating to the cardia of the stomach

noncardiac gastric cancer

Examples of noncardiac in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That overlap matters because roughly 19 million noncardiac chest CTs are performed each year in the United States. —Peter Gunderman, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for noncardiac

• ammoniac
• biofeedback
• counterattack
• demoniac
• elegiac
• paranoiac
• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback

Medical Definition

noncardiac

adjective

non·​car·​di·​ac -ˈkärd-ē-ˌak 

: not cardiac: as

a

: not affected with heart disease

noncardiac geriatric patients

b

: not relating to the heart or heart disease

noncardiac disorders