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endocardial

American  
[en-doh-kahr-dee-uhl] / ˌɛn doʊˈkɑr di əl /

adjective

Anatomy.
  1. situated within the heart; intracardiac.

  2. Also endocardiac of or relating to the endocardium.


endocardial British  
/ ˌɛndəʊˈkɑːdɪəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the endocardium

  2. within the heart

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of endocardial

1840–50; endo- + Greek kardí ( a ) heart + -al 1; or endocardi(um) + -al 1

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Originally, it consists of a pair of strands called cardiogenic cords that quickly form a hollow lumen and are referred to as endocardial tubes.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

At this point, they are referred to as endocardial tubes.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The answer is endocardial fibro-elastosis, a peculiar hardening of the inner lining of the heart, which has no known cause.

From Time Magazine Archive

At first it does not quite reach the endocardial cushions in the auricular canal, already mentioned, but leaves a gap, called the ostium primum, between.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

Digitalis is inadvisable if there is much endocardial inflammation, and especially if there is supposed or presumed to be acute myocardial inflammation.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

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