endocardial

[en-doh-kahr-dee-uhl]

adjective

Anatomy.

1. situated within the heart; intracardiac.

2. Also endocardiac of or relating to the endocardium.

endocardial

/ ˌɛndəʊˈkɑːdɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the endocardium

2. within the heart

Other Word Forms

• subendocardial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of endocardial¹

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

Example Sentences

But on the basis of the cells’ marker-gene expression and location, we would suggest that they are instead endocardial cells that line the heart chamber.

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"The risk of an endocardial cushion defect among babies whose mothers did not take decongestants is about 3 per 10,000 live births."

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First-trimester use of phenylephrine, which is found in Sudafed among other products, was tied to an eight-fold higher risk of a heart defect called endocardial cushion defect.

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Endocardial cushions forming septum intermedium.

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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.

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