1. the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time; - Example: "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cardiac output
n 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"