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Noun: cardiac output  'kaa(r)-dee,ak 'awt,pût
  1. The amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time
    "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute"

Derived forms: cardiac outputs

Type of: flow, flow rate, rate of flow

Encyclopedia: Cardiac output, low

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