Definition of Cardiovascular

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels. "Cardiovascular conditioning"

Partainyms: Blood Vessel

Definition of Cardiovascular

1. Adjective. Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cardiovascular

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Cardiovascular

1. Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardiovascular

cardiothoracic ratio
cardiothrombus
cardiothyrotoxicosis
cardiotocography
cardiotomy
cardiotonic
cardiotonic agent
cardiotonics
cardiotoxic
cardiotoxic myolysis
cardiotoxicities
cardiotoxicity
cardiotoxin
cardiotoxins
cardiovalvulitis
cardiovascular (current term)
cardiovascular agents
cardiovascular deconditioning
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular physiology
cardiovascular radiology
cardiovascular surgery
cardiovascular surgical procedures
cardiovascular syphilis
cardiovascular system
cardiovascularly
cardiovasculorenal
cardioversion
cardioversions

Literary usage of Cardiovascular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"(cardiovascular risk factors in the list of patients of a general ... DESIGN: Study cardiovascular risk factors of all patients of a family doctor. ..."

2. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"The reader may wish to review the discussions of the normal function of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems in chapter 3. The major cardiac diseases ..."

3. The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women by Marian Sandmaier (1993)
"Some women have more "risk factors" for cardiovascular ... The major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases that you can control are cigarette smoking, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"cardiovascular REGULATION DURING AND AFTER OPERATION. ... Obviously the preservation and proper regulation of the cardiovascular system is of pre-eminent ..."

5. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1995)
"Noninvasive, objective measures of clinical or subclinical disease are therefore vital in estimating the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in an older ..."

6. Gulf War And Health by Institute of Medicine (2005)
"1985) have been conducted in the petroleum industry to identify and assess potential cardiovascular risk factors. However, the studies did not look ..."

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