myocarditis

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English

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Etymology

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From myocard(ium) +‎ -itis.

Noun

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myocarditis (countable and uncountable, plural myocardites or myocarditides or myocarditises)

  1. (pathology, cardiology) Inflammation of the myocardium.
    Hypernyms: cardiomyopathy, myocardiopathy; carditis, cardiopathy
    Coordinate terms: endocarditis, pericarditis, pancarditis, perimyoendocarditis

Derived terms

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  • GCM (giant cell myocarditis)
  • VM (viral myocarditis)

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