Home › Words › C › cardiosurgerycardiosurgerycardiosurgery means heart surgery.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, cardiosurgery ranks #33,908 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom cardio- + surgery.nounheart surgerye.g.“In one study [ 24 ] HD was found to be an independent predictor of prolonged mechanical ventilation and ICU stay in cardiosurgery patients.” — 2015 August 10, Vaios Peritogiannis et al., “Recent Insights on Prevalence and Corelations of Hypoactive Delirium”, in Behavioural Neurology, volume 2015, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cardiosurgeon 84% match — A heart surgeon vs cardiosurgery →cardiosurgical 83% match — Relating to heart surgery. vs cardiosurgery →cardioectomy 71% match — The surgical removal of the heart vs cardiosurgery →cardiothoracics 70% match — cardiothoracic medicine vs cardiosurgery →surgeonry 67% match — surgery vs cardiosurgery →cardiotherapy 64% match — The treatment of heart disease vs cardiosurgery →cardiorrhaphy 64% match — suture to the wall of the heart vs cardiosurgery →cardioplasty 63% match — Repair of the cardia of the stomach vs cardiosurgery →