| 释义 |
† cordi-
in derivatives, formerly not infrequent for cardi- from Gr. καρδία heart, on account of the identity of meaning and greater familiarity of the Latin cor, cord-: e.g. cordialgic, cordignostic (properly cardiognostic), cordiology.
1659C. Noble Inexped. of Exped. 4, I shall leave that to the great Cordignostick that is above. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. II. s.v. Stomach, A Cordialgick Pain. 1817Blackw. Mag. I. 38 Why may not the human heart be registered in a good sized quarto volume..and be made the basis to a system of Cordiology. Ibid., To expose her heart..to the manipulation of a cordiologist. |