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English
Etymology
myocard(ium) + -itis
Noun
myocarditis (countable and uncountable, plural myocardites or myocarditides or myocarditises)
- (pathology, cardiology) Inflammation of the myocardium.
- Hypernyms: cardiomyopathy, myocardiopathy; carditis, cardiopathy
- Coordinate terms: endocarditis, pericarditis, pancarditis, perimyoendocarditis
Derived terms
- GCM (giant cell myocarditis)
- VM (viral myocarditis)
Translations
inflammation of the myocardium