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.

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endocardial British  

/ ˌɛndəʊˈkɑːdɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the endocardium

2. within the heart

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Other Word Forms

• subendocardial adjective

Etymology

Origin of endocardial

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.

From Nature

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

From Reuters

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.

From Reuters

Endocardial cushions forming septum intermedium.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg