acardia

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(ā-kär'dē-ə)
n.

Congenital absence of the heart, sometimes occurring in the smaller parasitic member of conjoined twins when its partner monopolizes the placental blood supply.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).

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A developmental anomaly with absence of the heart.

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