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acardia
a·car·di·a [ ay krdee ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
absence of a heart: the condition of being born without a heart as a result of a development failure in the fetus
[< Greek akardios "without a heart" < a- "without, not" + kardia (see cardiac)]
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