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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

Acute valvular disease can not be distinguished from endocarditis, and chronic valvular affections are generally the result of endocardial inflammation.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

Such a subacute endocarditis may develop insidiously on a previously presumably healed endocardial lesion and cause symptoms which would not be associated with the heart, if an examination were not made.

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

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