HyperDic: area_of_cardiac_dullness

English > 1 sense of the expression area of cardiac dullness:
NOUNbodyarea of cardiac dullnessa triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion)
English > area of cardiac dullness: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion); corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs.
Part ofthorax, chest, pectusThe part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
Broaderarea, regionA part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

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