endomyocarditis

[en-doh-mahy-oh-kahr-dahy-tis]

noun Pathology.

inflammation of the heart muscle and the inner lining of the heart.

Origin of endomyocarditis

First recorded in 1940–45; endo- + myocarditis

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

endomyocarditis in Medicine

endomyocarditis

[ĕn′dō-mī′ō-kär-dī′tĭs]

n.

Inflammation of the endocardial and the myocardial membrane.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.