encephalomyocarditis
[ en-sef-uh-loh-mahy-oh-kahr-dahy-tis ]
nounPathology.
a viral infection of the central nervous system and skeletal and heart muscle causing degeneration of tissue.
Origin of encephalomyocarditis
1First recorded in 1945–50; encephalo- + myocarditis
Words Nearby encephalomyocarditis
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