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

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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