kardex
noun
kardex is a noun meaning “Alternative form of Kardex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-A-R-D-E-X, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of kardex is kardexes.
What does kardex mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Kardex.
noun
- 1
A medical-patient information system which uses forms preprinted on durable card stock; loosely, any similar system for paper-based record-keeping.
- 2
The device used to hold the cards of such a system; visible file.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of kardex
- cardex
- kardexes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is kardex?
Kardex appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does kardex come from?
From the trademarked name of a particular brand of card system; an alteration of card (“data recorded on durable paper”) + -ex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).