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cord

heart (the organ, in medical/anatomical usage) /kord/

noun#3387 most common

Example sentences

Cordul este un organ vital.
The heart is a vital organ.
Medicul a ascultat cordul pacientului.
The doctor listened to the patient's heart.
Bunicul are o problemă de cord.
Grandpa has a heart problem.
Ecografia a arătat că cordul funcționează normal.
The ultrasound showed that the heart functions normally.
Insuficiența cardiacă afectează capacitatea cordului de a pompa sânge.
Heart failure affects the heart's ability to pump blood.
Chirurgii au efectuat un transplant de cord după ore întregi de intervenție.
The surgeons performed a heart transplant after hours of surgery.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativecordcorduri
Genitivecorduluicordurilor
Accusativecordcorduri
Vocativecordcorduri

Word family

cardiacrelating to the heart
cardiologcardiologist
cardiologiecardiology
cordialwarm, heartfelt

Etymology

Romanian "cord" is a learned borrowing from Latin "cor, cordis" (heart), brought into the language during the modern period as scientific and medical vocabulary. It exists alongside the older, everyday word "inimă", which covers emotional and poetic senses of heart. This split leaves Romanian with two words for one organ: "inimă" for daily speech and feeling, "cord" for clinical and anatomical contexts.

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