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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

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

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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

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)

When it is established the septum primum grows down and meets the endocardial cushions, and so the ostium primum is obliterated.

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