encephalomyocarditis

[ en-sef-uh-loh-mahy-oh-kahr-dahy-tis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a viral infection of the central nervous system and skeletal and heart muscle causing degeneration of tissue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of encephalomyocarditis¹

First recorded in 1945–50; encephalo- + myocarditis